passio, ōnis, f. patior, a suffering, enduring (post-class.). Lit., Maxim. Gallus, 3, 42; Prud. στεφ. 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.

— In partic., a disease, Firm. 2, 12.

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

— A passion, affection, a transl. of the Gr. πάθος: 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.