abruptio

English

Etymology

Latin abruptiō.

Noun

abruptio (plural not attested)

1. (music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.

Latin

Etymology

From abrumpō (“to break off”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈrup.ti.oː/, [äbˈrʊpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈrup.t͡si.o/, [äbˈrupt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

abruptiō f (genitive abruptiōnis); third declension

1. a breaking or tearing (off or away); separation, abruption
2. (of a relationship) a break; separation, divorce

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abruptiō	abruptiōnēs
Genitive	abruptiōnis	abruptiōnum
Dative	abruptiōnī	abruptiōnibus
Accusative	abruptiōnem	abruptiōnēs
Ablative	abruptiōne	abruptiōnibus
Vocative	abruptiō	abruptiōnēs

Related terms

• abrumpō
• abruptē
• abruptus

Descendants

• English: abruption, abruptio placentae
• Portuguese: abrupção, ab-rupção (Brazil)

References

• “abruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abruptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abruptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.