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E / ēmissĭo
noun

ēmissĭo

gen. ēmissōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
a sending out; darting forth
a sending out, darting forth (rare).
a letting go •
Prop., a letting go: radiorum ex oculis, a darting forth, Gell. 5, 16, 2: mortui sunt in emissione, in exile, Vulg. Baruch. 2, 25.—*
power of projecting; hurling;; a letting go by metonymy •
Meton., power of projecting or hurling; in plur.: graviores telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; a letting go, releasing: anguis, id. Div. 2, 29, 62 (thrice).
Perseus ID: n15653 Key: emissio