abstractus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abstrahō (draw away from).

Pronunciation

Participle

abstractus (feminine abstracta, neuter abstractum, adverb abstractiter); first/second-declension participle

  1. drawn away from, having been drawn away from
  2. alienated from, having been alienated from
  3. (figuratively) diverted from, having been diverted from
  4. (Medieval Latin, by extension) abstract (rather than concrete)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative abstractus abstracta abstractum abstractī abstractae abstracta
genitive abstractī abstractae abstractī abstractōrum abstractārum abstractōrum
dative abstractō abstractae abstractō abstractīs
accusative abstractum abstractam abstractum abstractōs abstractās abstracta
ablative abstractō abstractā abstractō abstractīs
vocative abstracte abstracta abstractum abstractī abstractae abstracta

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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