abusio

English

Etymology

From Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

catachresis — see catachresis

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Latin

Noun

abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs
Genitive	abūsiōnis	abūsiōnum
Dative	abūsiōnī	abūsiōnibus
Accusative	abūsiōnem	abūsiōnēs
Ablative	abūsiōne	abūsiōnibus
Vocative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs

Descendants

• English: abusio, abusion
• Portuguese: abusão

References

• abusio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abusio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abusio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• abusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette