abactio

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Latin

Etymology

abigō +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

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.

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.‎, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 1
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