missĭo — Lewis & Short
missĭo, ōnis, f.id..
I In gen., a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling (class.):
litterarum,Cic. Att. 1, 5, 3:
legatorum,id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:
extra telorum missionem,beyond the range of missiles, Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 1, 5, 4:
missio sanguinis,blood-letting, Cels. 2, 10 fin.; Suet. Calig. 29.—
II In partic.
A A release from captivity, setting at liberty, liberation:
munus pro missione dare,Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114:
si filius familias post missionem faciat testimentum,Gai. Inst. 2, 106.—
B A discharge from service (of soldiers, office-holders, gladiators, etc.), a dismission (syn. exauctoratio):
praemium missionis ferre,Caes. B. C. 1, 86: quibus (militibus) senatus missionem reditumque in patriam negāsset ante belli finem. Liv. 26, 1:
exercitum purgare missionibus turbulentorum hominum,id. 7, 39; cf.: missionum generales causae sunt tres: honesta, causaria, ignominiosa. Honesta est, quae tempore militiae impleto datur: causaria cum quis vitio animi vel corporis minus idoneus militiae renunciatur;
ignominiosa causa est, cum quis propter delictum sacramento solvitur,Dig. 49, 16, 13:
gratiosa ante emerita stipendia,a discharge obtained by favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:
nondum justa,id. 43, 14, 15.—Of a quaestor, Suet. Caes. 7.—
C Esp., of gladiators, release, respite, quarter: cum Myrino peteretur missio laeso, Mart. 12, 29, 7:
non enim servavit is, qui non interfecit, nec beneficium dedit, sed missionem,Sen. Ben. 2, 20, 3.—Hence, sine missione, without favor, without quarter, to the death, Liv. 41, 20, 12.—Trop.:
quid prodest, paucos dies aut annos lucrificare? sine missione nascimur,without respite in the service of wisdom, Sen. Ep. 37, 2:
sine missione pugnatum est,for life or death, Flor. 3, 20, 4.—
D A cessation, termination, end:
ante ludorum missionem,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—
E Remission from punishment: missionem puero dedit, qs. let him go, Petr. 52.—
F In jurid. lang., a delivering up, giving possession:
missio in aedes,Dig. 39, 2, 15, § 12.