abitus

Latin

Etymology

From abeō (“depart, go off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈa.bɪ.tʊs]

Noun

abitus m (genitive abitūs); fourth declension

1. A going away; departure.
2. The place through which one leaves; place of egress, way out, exit; outlet, escape route.

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abitus	abitūs
genitive	abitūs	abituum
dative	abituī	abitibus
accusative	abitum	abitūs
ablative	abitū	abitibus
vocative	abitus	abitūs

Synonyms

• (departure): abitiō ēgressus

Related terms

• abitiō

References

• abitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abitus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)