absconsus

absconsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abscondō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈskon.sus/, [äpˈs̠kõːs̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈskon.sus/, [äbˈskɔnsus]

Adjective

abscōnsus (feminine abscōnsa, neuter abscōnsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) hidden, secret, concealed

   Synonym: (Classical) absconditus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	abscōnsus	abscōnsa	abscōnsum		abscōnsī	abscōnsae	abscōnsa
Genitive	abscōnsī	abscōnsae	abscōnsī		abscōnsōrum	abscōnsārum	abscōnsōrum
Dative	abscōnsō		abscōnsō		abscōnsīs
Accusative	abscōnsum	abscōnsam	abscōnsum		abscōnsōs	abscōnsās	abscōnsa
Ablative	abscōnsō	abscōnsā	abscōnsō		abscōnsīs
Vocative	abscōnse	abscōnsa	abscōnsum		abscōnsī	abscōnsae	abscōnsa

Derived terms

• abscōnsa
• abscōnsum

Descendants

• Aromanian: ascumsu, ascunsu
• Catalan: escunç
• → French: abscons
• Italian: ascoso
• Old French: esconce
  • → English: sconce
• Old Portuguese: escuso
  • Galician: escuso
  • Portuguese: escuso
• → Portuguese: absconso
• → Portuguese: esconso (semi-learned)
• Romanian: ascuns; → abscons
• Old Spanish: escoso, ascuso, escuso

References

• Souter, Alexander (1949), “absconsus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D., 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 2