LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

abdicātiō

abdicātiō f (genitive abdicātiōnis)
Classical[ab.dɪˈkaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ab.diˈkat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. a renunciation
  2. action of disowning
  3. abdication

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabdicātiōabdicātiōnēs
genitiveabdicātiōnisabdicātiōnum
dativeabdicātiōnīabdicātiōnibus
accusativeabdicātiōnemabdicātiōnēs
ablativeabdicātiōneabdicātiōnibus
vocativeabdicātiōabdicātiōnēs

abdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. abdĭco,
I. a renouncing, disowning.
1. Jurid. t. t.: hereditatis, Cod. Just. 6, 31, 6: liberorum, disinheriting, ib. 6, 8, 47; Quint. 7, 4, 27; 3, 6, 77; 7, 1, 15; Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150 al.; cf. Dirksen, Versuch., etc., Leipz. 1823, p. 62 sq.—*
2. Polit. t. t., a renunciation of an office, abdication: dictaturae, Liv. 6, 16 fin.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abdicātiō From abdicō (“deny, refuse; renounce”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanabdicació
  • Englishabdication
  • Frenchabdication
  • Romanianabdicațiunefrom French abdication
  • Italianabdicazione
  • Portugueseabdicação
  • Spanishabdicación
  • Asturianabdicación
  • Bulgarianабдика́цияfrom French abdication
  • Afrikaansabdikasiefrom French abdication

Quick answers

What does abdicātiō mean in Latin?
abdicātiō, a noun, means “a renunciation; action of disowning; abdication”.
What is the genitive of abdicātiō?
The genitive singular is abdicātiōnis. abdicātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce abdicātiō?
In classical Latin, [ab.dɪˈkaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ab.diˈkat.t͡si.o].