absolutio
Latin
Etymology
From absolvō (“to detach; finish; absolve, acquit”) + -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ab.soˈluː.ti.oː/, [äps̠ɔˈɫ̪uːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ab.soˈlut.t͡si.o/, [äbsoˈlut̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
absolūtiō f (genitive absolūtiōnis); third declension
- (law) an acquittal, absolving
- completion, perfection, consummation; completeness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | absolūtiō | absolūtiōnēs |
| Genitive | absolūtiōnis | absolūtiōnum |
| Dative | absolūtiōnī | absolūtiōnibus |
| Accusative | absolūtiōnem | absolūtiōnēs |
| Ablative | absolūtiōne | absolūtiōnibus |
| Vocative | absolūtiō | absolūtiōnēs |
Related terms
- absolūtē
- absolūtōrius
- absolūtus
- absolvō
Descendants
- Catalan: absolució
- English: absolution
- French: absolution
- Galician: absolución
- Irish: absalóid, aspalóid
- Italian: assoluzione
- Occitan: absolucion
- Norwegian Bokmål: absolusjon
- Portuguese: absolução
- Spanish: absolución
References
- “absolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “absolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absolutio 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)
- absolutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
- ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
- “absolutio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- absolutio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “absolutio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin