verbsecond conjugation
aboleō
aboleō (present infinitive abolēre, perfect active abolēvī, supine abolitum)
Classical[aˈbɔ.ɫe.oː]Ecclesiastical[aˈbɔː.le.o]
Meaning
- to retard, check the growth of
- to destroy, efface, terminate
[...] abolēre nefandī / cūncta virī monumenta iuvat, mōnstratque sacerdōs.
“It is pleasing to destroy all reminders of the accursed man, and the priestess shows [us how].”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.497–498 - intransitiveto die, decay
- to abolish
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dēleō, ē memoriā tollōaboleō -ēre — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 24
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Abolere
Abolere (ἀπολέσαι) means ‘to annul,’ to ‘annihilate,’ and, as far as possible, to remove from the universe and cast into oblivion; but delere (διολέσαι, or δηλεῖν) ‘to destroy,’ to bring a thing to nought, and make it useless.
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aboleō | abolēbam | abolēbō | abolēvī | abolēveram | abolēverō |
| 2nd sg. | abolēs | abolēbās | abolēbis | abolēvistī | abolēverās | abolēveris |
| 3rd sg. | abolet | abolēbat | abolēbit | abolēvit | abolēverat | abolēverit |
| 1st pl. | abolēmus | abolēbāmus | abolēbimus | abolēvimus | abolēverāmus | abolēverimus |
| 2nd pl. | abolētis | abolēbātis | abolēbitis | abolēvistis | abolēverātis | abolēveritis |
| 3rd pl. | abolent | abolēbant | abolēbunt | abolēvērunt abolēvēre | abolēverant | abolēverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aboleam | abolērem | abolēverim | abolēvissem |
| 2nd sg. | aboleās | abolērēs | abolēverīs | abolēvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | aboleat | abolēret | abolēverit | abolēvisset |
| 1st pl. | aboleāmus | abolērēmus | abolēverīmus | abolēvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | aboleātis | abolērētis | abolēverītis | abolēvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | aboleant | abolērent | abolēverint | abolēvissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aboleor | abolēbar | abolēbor |
| 2nd sg. | abolēris abolēre | abolēbāris abolēbāre | abolēberis abolēbere |
| 3rd sg. | abolētur | abolēbātur | abolēbitur |
| 1st pl. | abolēmur | abolēbāmur | abolēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | abolēminī | abolēbāminī | abolēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | abolentur | abolēbantur | abolēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | abolear | abolērer |
| 2nd sg. | aboleāris aboleāre | abolērēris abolērēre |
| 3rd sg. | aboleātur | abolērētur |
| 1st pl. | aboleāmur | abolērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | aboleāminī | abolērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | aboleantur | abolērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | abolē | abolēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | abolēte | abolēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | abolētō | abolētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | abolētō | abolētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | abolētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | abolentō | abolentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | abolēre | abolērī |
| perfect infinitive | abolēvisse | abolitum esse |
| future infinitive | abolitūrum esse | abolitum īrī |
| present participle | abolēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | abolitus abolita, abolitā, abolitae, abolitam, abolitārum, abolitās, abolite, abolitī, abolitīs, abolitō, abolitōrum, abolitōs |
| future participle | abolitūrus abolitūra, abolitūrā, abolitūrae, abolitūram, abolitūrārum, abolitūrās, abolitūre, abolitūrī, abolitūrīs, abolitūrō, abolitūrōrum, abolitūrōs, abolitūrum | abolendus abolenda, abolendā, abolendae, abolendam, abolendārum, abolendās, abolende, abolendīs, abolendōrum, abolendōs |
gerundabolendī, abolendō, abolendumsupineabolitum, abolitū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- memoria alicuius rei excidit, abiit, abolevit
- the recollection of a thing has been entirely lost.
ăb-ŏlĕo, ēvi (ui), ĭtum, 2, v. a., orig. (in contrast with ad-oleo)
I. to retard or to check the growth of; hence, in a more extended sense, to destroy, efface, abolish; trop., to terminate, and, in the pass., to die, to decay (not before the Aug. period).
I. Lit.:
cuncta viri monumenta, Verg. A. 4, 497: deum aedes vetustate aut igni abolitae, Tac. A. 2, 49; cf.: corpus alicujus igni, i. e. to burn, id. ib. 16, 6; so, libros, Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 6: Homeri carmina, Suet. Calig. 34 al.— In pass.: aboleri, to die (opp. nasci), Plin. 7, prooem. § 4.—Poet.: viscera undis, to remove the poisonous flesh by washing, Verg. G. 3, 560.—II. Fig.:
dedecus armis, Verg. A. 11, 789; cf.: labem prioris ignominiae, Tac. H. 3, 24: memoriam, Suet. Calig. 60; Verg. A. 1, 720: magistratum alicui, Liv. 3, 38, 7: legem (= abrogare), Quint. 1, 5, 29; cf. decretum, Suet. Claud. 6; Galb. 23: crimen, Dig. 48, 6, 2, § 10: frumentationes, Suet. Aug. 42: vectigalia, id. Ner. 10: vim moremque asylorum, id. Tib. 37 al.: nonnulla ex antiquis caerimoniis paulatim abolita (= omissa, neglecta), Suet. Aug. 31; cf.: memoria nondum omnino abolita, id. Gram. 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aboleō olēvī, olitus, ēre
2 OL-, to destroy, abolish, efface, put out of the way, annihilate: magistratum alicui, L.: nefandi viri monumenta, V.: dedecus armis, V.; of animals dead of the plague: viscera undis, to destroy the (diseased) flesh, V.
Origins
Probably from ab- (“from, away from”) + Proto-Italic *oleō (“to wipe out, destroy”), ultimate from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-. See also Ancient Greek ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “destroy utterly”).
Descendants
- Catalanabolir
- Italianabolire
- Frenchabolirfrom Middle French abolir
- Romanianabolifrom Middle French abolir
- Englishabolishfrom Middle French abolir
- Portugueseabolir
- Spanishabolir
- Galicianabolir
- Norwegian Bokmålabolere