abnegatio

Latin

Etymology

From abnegō (“refuse, deny”), from ab (“from, away from”) + negō (“deny; refuse, say no”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [äbnɛˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [äbneˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

abnegātiō f (genitive abnegātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of denying; denial.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abnegātiō	abnegātiōnēs
Genitive	abnegātiōnis	abnegātiōnum
Dative	abnegātiōnī	abnegātiōnibus
Accusative	abnegātiōnem	abnegātiōnēs
Ablative	abnegātiōne	abnegātiōnibus
Vocative	abnegātiō	abnegātiōnēs

Related terms

• abnegātīvus
• abnegātor
• abnegātus
• abnegō

Descendants

• English: abnegation
• Italian: abnegazione
• Portuguese: abnegação
• Spanish: abnegación

References

• “abnegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abnegatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• abnegatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.