LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

abductiō

abductiō f (genitive abductiōnis)
Classical[abˈdʊk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[abˈduk.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. robbing, ravishing, plundering
  2. broadlyabduction
  3. EcclesiasticalLatinvulgarretirement

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabductiōabductiōnēs
genitiveabductiōnisabductiōnum
dativeabductiōnīabductiōnibus
accusativeabductiōnemabductiōnēs
ablativeabductiōneabductiōnibus
vocativeabductiōabductiōnēs

abductĭo, ōnis, f. abduco, I.B. 3..
I. A forcible carrying off, ravishing, robbing, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 5, § 5; 11, 10, 1. —
2. (Of a woman.) Abduction: in abductione Hesionae, Dares Phryg. 4. —
II. A retirement, Vulg. Eccli. 38, 20.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abductiō From abdūcō (“take away; withdraw; seduce”) + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanabducció
  • Englishabduction
  • Frenchabduction
  • GermanAbduktion
  • Italianabduzione
  • Portugueseabdução
  • Romanianabducție
  • Spanishabducción
  • Norwegian Bokmålabduksjon
  • Russianабдукция

In English words that came into English from abductiō

  • abductionabductiō

Quick answers

What does abductiō mean in Latin?
abductiō, a noun, means “robbing, ravishing, plundering; abduction; retirement”.
What is the genitive of abductiō?
The genitive singular is abductiōnis. abductiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce abductiō?
In classical Latin, [abˈdʊk.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈduk.t͡si.o].