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As a helpful gallery placard explains, "passion" in this context derives from the Latin word passio, meaning "an intense suffering endured with self-control and tolerance."

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As a helpful gallery placard explains, "passion" in this context derives from the Latin word passio, meaning "an intense suffering endured with self-control and tolerance."

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In Latin, passio is “suffering,” flos means “flower” and the verb “to wander.”

The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

In Latin, passio is “suffering,” flos means “flower” and the verb “to wander.”

The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

But his tomb was venerated by the Christians of Rome, and he was afterwards recognized as a martyr, as the "passio" shows.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The biography of Marcellinus in the "Liber Pontificalis", which probably alludes to a lost "passio" of his, relates that he was led to the sacrifice that he might scatter incense, which he did.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The forger has made the most of the rumour of Marcellinus's lapse for his own purposes in a different way from the author of the "passio", which crept into the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The lost "passio" of Marcellinus written towards the end of the fifth century, which was utilized by the author of the "Liber Pontificalis", shows that he was honoured as a martyr at that time; nevertheless his name appears first in the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Passion is sinful (derived from "passio," suffering: implying that amidst seeming energy, a man is really passive, the slave of his anger, instead of ruling it). let not the sun go down upon your wrath -- "wrath" is absolutely forbidden; "anger" not so, though, like poison sometimes used as medicine, it is to be used with extreme caution.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Bacon considered the ludicrous too intellectual to be called a "passio" or emotion.

History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873