permissio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

permissĭo, ōnis, f. [permitto].

I In gen., a giving up , yielding , ceding to another's will and pleasure; an unconditional turrender , Liv. 37, 7.—

B A rhet. figure, in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent, permission , Auct. Her. 4, 29, 39; Quint. 9, 2, 25; 9, 3, 90.—

II In partic., leave , permission (very rare for permissus): mea permissio mansionis tuae, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: sine permissione Dei diabolus nocere non potest, Ambros. in Luc. 7, 115.

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