The corpus record — Latin

passio

passio · f

a suffering

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Where it lives

Adversus Judaeos Liber 29 · 25.84/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 10 · 15.7/10k
De Scorpiace 12 · 15.07/10k
De Baptismo 6 · 14.05/10k
De Testimionio Animae 3 · 13.42/10k
De Carne Christi 10 · 10.52/10k
De Fuga in Persecutione 5 · 9.39/10k
Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
De Oratione 3 · 6.68/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 14 · 6.18/10k
Peristephanon Liber 10 · 5.69/10k
Liber De Persona et Duabus Naturis Contra Eutychen Et Nestorium 3 · 5.14/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

passĭo — Lewis & Short

passĭo, ōnis, f.patior,

I a suffering, enduring (post-class.).

I Lit., Maxim. Gallus, 3, 42; Prud. stef. 5, 291; Tert. adv. Val 9 fin.; id. adv. Gnost. 13—Esp. (eccl. Lat.), the sufferings of Christ: demus operam, ut mereamur a Deo et ultionem passionis et praemium. Lact. 5, 23, 5: post passionem suam, Vulg. Act. 1, 3; plur., id. 2 Cor. 1, 7; id. Phil. 3, 10.—

B In partic., a disease, Firm. 2, 12.—

II Transf.

A An event, occurrence, phenomenon, App. Mund. p. 61, 31.—

B A passion, affection, a transl. of the Gr. pa/qos: passio in linguā Latinā, maxime in usu loquendi ecclesiastico, non nisi ad vituperationem consuevit intellegi, Aug. Nupt. et Concup. 33; id. Civ. Dei, 8, 16; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 499.

In the wild

passionem Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.40
passiones Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 57
passionis Prudentius, Cathemerina 9.105
passionis Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.42
passiones Tertullian, De Carne Christi 5
passionem Tertullian, Adversus Judaeos Liber 8

6 of 193 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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