abscondo

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Latin

Etymology

From abs- (from, away from) +‎ condō (conceal, hide).

Pronunciation

Verb

abscondō (present infinitive abscondere, perfect active abscondī, supine absconditum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to hide, conceal, cover, shroud
    Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, cooperiō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō
  2. to store, put away, lay up
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.10.14:
      sapientēs abscondunt scientiam; os autem stultī cōnfūsiōnī proximum est
      Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Conjugation

The third principal part is occasionally abscondidī and the fourth principal part absconsum.

Derived terms

Descendants

Contrast the descendants of the participle abscōnsus, which may show a separate phonetic evolution.

Borrowings

References

  • abscondo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abscondo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abscondo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

abscondo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder

Spanish

Verb

abscondo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder