ablutio

Latin

Etymology

From abluō (“I wash off, cleanse”), from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“I wash, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbluː.ti.oː/, [aˈbɫuː.ti.oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈblu.t͡si.o/, [aˈbluː.t͡si.o]

Noun

ablūtiō f (genitive ablūtiōnis); third declension

1. washing, cleansing, ablution
2. vocative singular of ablūtiō

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ablūtiō	ablūtiōnēs
genitive	ablūtiōnis	ablūtiōnum
dative	ablūtiōnī	ablūtiōnibus
accusative	ablūtiōnem	ablūtiōnēs
ablative	ablūtiōne	ablūtiōnibus
vocative	ablūtiō	ablūtiōnēs

Synonyms

• (washing, ablution): baptisma

Related terms

• abluēns
• abluō
• ablūtor

• ablūtus
• abluvium

Descendants

• Catalan: ablució
• English: ablution
• French: ablution

• Italian: abluzione
• Portuguese: ablução
• Spanish: ablución

References

• ablutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ablutio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ablutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette