abolitio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *olō

Proto-Italic *oleō

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Latin aboleō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin abolitiō

From aboleō (“destroy, abolish”) + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.bɔˈlɪ.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.boˈlit.t͡si.o]

Noun

abolitiō f (genitive abolitiōnis); third declension

1. abolishing, annulling, abolition
2. amnesty; suspension (of an accusation)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abolitiō	abolitiōnēs
genitive	abolitiōnis	abolitiōnum
dative	abolitiōnī	abolitiōnibus
accusative	abolitiōnem	abolitiōnēs
ablative	abolitiōne	abolitiōnibus
vocative	abolitiō	abolitiōnēs

Related terms

• abolefaciō
• aboleō
• abolescō
• abolitor

Descendants

• Catalan: abolició
• English: abolition
• French: abolition
  • Haitian Creole: abolisyon
• Galician: abolición
• Italian: abolizione
• Norwegian Bokmål: abolisjon
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: abolizion
  • Romagnol: abuliziôn
• Portuguese: abolição
• Romanian: aboliție, abolițiune
• Spanish: abolición

References

• “abolitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abolitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abolitio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.