abstentio

Latin

Etymology

abstineō (“to abstain, hold back”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈsten.ti.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛn̪t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsten.t͡si.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) holding back, retaining
2. (Christianity) abstention, abstaining

Declension

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

• → Bourguignon: aibstancion
• → French: abstention
  • → English: abstention
• → Italian: astensione
• → Polish: abstencja (learned)
• → Portuguese: abstenção
• → Romanian: abstențiune
• → Spanish: abstención

References

• “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.