abusio

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

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abusio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

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Latin

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Noun

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abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
  2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abūsiō abūsiōnēs
Genitive abūsiōnis abūsiōnum
Dative abūsiōnī abūsiōnibus
Accusative abūsiōnem abūsiōnēs
Ablative abūsiōne abūsiōnibus
Vocative abūsiō abūsiōnēs

Descendants

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  • English: abusio, abusion
  • Portuguese: avejão, abusão

References

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  • abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abusio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • abusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.