LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

āversiō

āversiō f (genitive āversiōnis)
Classical[aːˈwɛr.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[aˈvɛr.si.o]

Meaning

  1. turning away
  2. loathing, abhorrence
  3. Late Latinrevolt, apostasy

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeāversiōāversiōnēs
genitiveāversiōnisāversiōnum
dativeāversiōnīāversiōnibus
accusativeāversiōnemāversiōnēs
ablativeāversiōneāversiōnibus
vocativeāversiōāversiōnēs

āversĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. a turning away; only in the adverb. phrases,
A. Ex aversione, from behind: illi de praesidio insecuti ex aversione legatos jugulārunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22 Moeb.—
B. In the Latin of the jurists: per aversionem or aversione emere, vendere, locare, etc., to buy, sell, etc., something, with a turning away, turned away, i. e. without accurate reckoning, in the gross, by the lot, Dig. 18, 6, 4; 18, 1, 62; 14, 2, 10; 19, 2, 36; 14, 1, 1 al.—
II. A.. In rhet., a turning away, a figure by which the orator turns the attention of his hearers from the theme before them, a kind of apostrophe (e. g. Cic. Cael. 1; id. Rosc. Am. 49; Verg. A. 4, 425), Quint. 9, 2, 39; Aquil. Rom. 9, p. 102 Ruhnk. Frotsch.—
B. Trop., aversion, loathing (post-class.): non metu mortis se patriam deserere, sed Deorum coactum aversione, Dictys, Bell. Troj. 4, 18: aversione stomachorum di laborant, Arn. 7, p. 231.

Origins

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

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin āvertō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin āversiō From āvertō (“turn away”) + -tiō (noun-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanaversió
  • Frenchaversionfrom Middle French aversion
  • Englishaversionfrom Middle French aversion
  • Italianavversione
  • Occitanaversion
  • Portugueseaversão
  • Romanianaversiune
  • Spanishaversión
  • Czechaverze
  • Friulianaversion

In English words that came into English from āversiō

  • aversionāversiō
  • aversioāversiō

Quick answers

What does āversiō mean in Latin?
āversiō, a noun, means “turning away; loathing, abhorrence; revolt, apostasy”.
What is the genitive of āversiō?
The genitive singular is āversiōnis. āversiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce āversiō?
In classical Latin, [aːˈwɛr.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈvɛr.si.o].
Where does āversiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin āversiō.