abstentio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈsten.ti.oː/, [äpˈs̠t̪ɛn̪t̪ioː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈsten.t͡si.o/, [äbˈst̪ɛnt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) holding back, retaining
(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

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