abactio

Latin

Etymology

abigō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbaːk.ti.oː/, [äˈbäːkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbak.t͡si.o/, [äˈbäkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

abāctiō f (genitive abāctiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) Driving away, theft (of cattle).
   • c. 414, Jerome, Commentaria in Jeremiam prophetam, 1.5.15:

     Simulque describit vastitatem terrae Judaeae, interfectionemque multorum, abactionem pecorum, subversionem urbium atque murorum […]

     At the same time he describes the devastation of the land of Judah, the slaughter of many, the driving away of cattle, the ruin of cities and walls […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abāctiō	abāctiōnēs
Genitive	abāctiōnis	abāctiōnum
Dative	abāctiōnī	abāctiōnibus
Accusative	abāctiōnem	abāctiōnēs
Ablative	abāctiōne	abāctiōnibus
Vocative	abāctiō	abāctiōnēs

Descendants

• → English: abaction

Adjective

abāctiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of abāctius

References

• abactio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Souter, Alexander (1949) “abactio”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 1