abscondo

Latin

Etymology

From abs- (“from, away from”) +‎ condō (“conceal, hide”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈskon.doː/, [äpˈs̠kɔn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈskon.do/, [äbˈskɔn̪d̪o]

Verb

abscondō (present infinitive abscondere, perfect active abscondī, supine absconditum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to hide, conceal, cover, shroud

   Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, cooperiō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō

   Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō

2. to store, put away, lay up
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.10.14:

     sapientēs abscondunt scientiam; os autem stultī cōnfūsiōnī proximum est

     Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Conjugation

The third principal part is occasionally abscondidī and the fourth principal part absconsum.

Conjugation of abscondō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abscondō	abscondis	abscondit	abscondimus	absconditis	abscondunt
	imperfect	abscondēbam	abscondēbās	abscondēbat	abscondēbāmus	abscondēbātis	abscondēbant
	future	abscondam	abscondēs	abscondet	abscondēmus	abscondētis	abscondent
	perfect	abscondī	abscondistī	abscondit	abscondimus	abscondistis	abscondērunt, abscondēre
	pluperfect	absconderam	absconderās	absconderat	absconderāmus	absconderātis	absconderant
	future perfect	absconderō	absconderis	absconderit	absconderimus	absconderitis	absconderint
passive	present	abscondor	absconderis, abscondere	absconditur	abscondimur	abscondiminī	absconduntur
	imperfect	abscondēbar	abscondēbāris, abscondēbāre	abscondēbātur	abscondēbāmur	abscondēbāminī	abscondēbantur
	future	abscondar	abscondēris, abscondēre	abscondētur	abscondēmur	abscondēminī	abscondentur
	perfect	absconditus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	absconditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	absconditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abscondam	abscondās	abscondat	abscondāmus	abscondātis	abscondant
	imperfect	absconderem	absconderēs	absconderet	absconderēmus	absconderētis	absconderent
	perfect	absconderim	absconderīs	absconderit	absconderīmus	absconderītis	absconderint
	pluperfect	abscondissem	abscondissēs	abscondisset	abscondissēmus	abscondissētis	abscondissent
passive	present	abscondar	abscondāris, abscondāre	abscondātur	abscondāmur	abscondāminī	abscondantur
	imperfect	absconderer	absconderēris, absconderēre	absconderētur	absconderēmur	absconderēminī	absconderentur
	perfect	absconditus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	absconditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	absconde	—	—	abscondite	—
	future	—	absconditō	absconditō	—	absconditōte	absconduntō
passive	present	—	abscondere	—	—	abscondiminī	—
	future	—	absconditor	absconditor	—	—	absconduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abscondere	abscondisse	absconditūrum esse	abscondī	absconditum esse	absconditum īrī
participles		abscondēns	—	absconditūrus	—	absconditus	abscondendus, abscondundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abscondendī	abscondendō	abscondendum	abscondendō	absconditum	absconditū

Derived terms

• absconditē
• absconditor
• absconditus
• Late Latin: inabscondere
  • Italian: nascondere
  • Sicilian: nascunniri

Descendants

Contrast the descendants of the participle abscōnsus, which may show a separate phonetic evolution.

• Eastern Romance
  • Aromanian: ascundu
  • Romanian: ascunde
• Franco-Provençal: escondre
• Gallo-Italic
  • Picard: esconser
• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Dalmatian: ascondro
  • Italian: ascondere
• Old French: escondre
  • French: esconcer (obsolete)
  • Picard: esconser
• Old Occitan:
  • Catalan: escondir
  • Occitan: escondre
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: scuindi
• Venetian: scóndar
• West Iberian
  • Asturian: esconder
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: asconder
    • Galician: esconder
    • Portuguese: esconder
  • Old Spanish: asconder, esconder
    • Spanish: esconder

Borrowings

• → Old French: abscondre (see there for further descendants)
  • → English: abscond
• → Portuguese: absconder
• → Spanish: absconder

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

abscondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder

Spanish

Verb

abscondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder