Latin

Noun

mansiō f ‎(genitive mansiōnis); third declension

1. An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance.
2. A dwelling, abode, habitation, home.
3. (on a journey) A stopping place or halting place, station; stage.
4. Night quarters, place for lodging or renting, inn.

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• mala mansiō
• mansiōnārius
• mansiuncula

Related terms

• manentia
• maneō
• mansitō
• mansor
• mansōrius

Descendants

• English: mansion
• French: maison, mansion
• Italian: mansione, magione
• Portuguese: mansão, mesão
• Spanish: mansión, mesón

References

• mansio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mansio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MANSIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mansio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• mansio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mansio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin