abolitio

Latin

Etymology

From aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.boˈli.ti.oː/, [a.bɔˈlɪ.ti.oː]

Noun

abolitiō f (genitive abolitiōnis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	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

• English: abolition
• French: abolition
• Haitian Creole: abolisyon

• Italian: abolizione
• Spanish: abolición
• Portuguese: abolição

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)