abstentio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
abstineō (“to abstain, hold back”) + -tiō
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈsten.ti.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛn̪t̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /abˈsten.t͡si.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛnt̪͡s̪io]
Noun edit
abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abstentiō | abstentiōnēs |
| Genitive | abstentiōnis | abstentiōnum |
| Dative | abstentiōnī | abstentiōnibus |
| Accusative | abstentiōnem | abstentiōnēs |
| Ablative | abstentiōne | abstentiōnibus |
| Vocative | abstentiō | abstentiōnēs |
Descendants edit
- → Bourguignon: aibstancion
- → French: abstention
- → English: abstention
- → Italian: astensione
- → Polish: abstencja (learned)
- → Portuguese: abstenção
- → Romanian: abstențiune
- → Spanish: abstención
References edit
- “abstentio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abstentio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.