abditus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abdō (“remove, withdraw, put away”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.di.tus/, [ˈäbd̪ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.di.tus/, [ˈäbd̪it̪us]

Participle

abditus (feminine abdita, neuter abditum); first/second-declension participle

1. hidden, concealed, secret, having been concealed
   • 1507, Antonio Benivieni, De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morburum et sanationum causis‎^[1]:

     De abditis nonnullis ac mirandis morborum et sanationum causis

     On some hidden and remarkable causes of disease and recovery

2. removed, set aside, banished, having been banished

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	abditus	abdita	abditum		abditī	abditae	abdita
Genitive	abditī	abditae	abditī		abditōrum	abditārum	abditōrum
Dative	abditō		abditō		abditīs
Accusative	abditum	abditam	abditum		abditōs	abditās	abdita
Ablative	abditō	abditā	abditō		abditīs
Vocative	abdite	abdita	abditum		abditī	abditae	abdita

Related terms

• abditē
• abditīvus
• abdō

References

• “abditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abditus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• abditus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.