abnuitio

Latin

Etymology

From abnuō (“refuse, reject by a nod”) +‎ -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + nuō (“nod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ab.nuˈi.ti.oː/, [äbnuˈɪt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.nuˈit.t͡si.o/, [äbnuˈit̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

abnuitiō f (genitive abnuitiōnis); third declension

1. negation, refusal, denial

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abnuitiō	abnuitiōnēs
Genitive	abnuitiōnis	abnuitiōnum
Dative	abnuitiōnī	abnuitiōnibus
Accusative	abnuitiōnem	abnuitiōnēs
Ablative	abnuitiōne	abnuitiōnibus
Vocative	abnuitiō	abnuitiōnēs

Synonyms

• (negation): negātiō

Related terms

• abnuō
• abnūtīvus

References

• “abnuitio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abnuitio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.