abolitio

Latin

Etymology

From aboleō (“destroy, abolish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.boˈli.ti.oː/, [äbɔˈlʲɪt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.boˈlit.t͡si.o/, [äboˈlit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

abolitiō f (genitive abolitiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

• 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.