LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst/second-declension participle

abductus

abductus (feminine abducta, neuter abductum)

Meaning

  1. participletaken or led away, detached, removed, having been taken away or removed
  2. participlewithdrawn, having been withdrawn
  3. participlerobbed, ravished, having been robbed
  4. participleseduced, charmed, perverted, having been seduced
  5. participlereduced, degraded, having been reduced

abductus, a, um, Part. of abduco.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabductus

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin abdūcō Latin abductus Perfect passive participle of abdūcō (“take away; withdraw; seduce”).

Descendants
  • Englishabduct

In English words that came into English from abductus

  • abductabductus

Quick answers

What does abductus mean in Latin?
abductus, a verb, means “taken or led away, detached, removed, having been taken away or removed; withdrawn, having been withdrawn; robbed, ravished, having been robbed”.
What are the principal parts of abductus?
abductus, abducta, abductum (first/second-declension participle).
Where does abductus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin abductus.