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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs
genitive	abūsiōnis	abūsiōnum
dative	abūsiōnī	abūsiōnibus
accusative	abūsiōnem	abūsiōnēs
ablative	abūsiōne	abūsiōnibus
vocative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs

Descendants

• English: abusio
• 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