abscondo

Latin

Etymology

From abs- (“from, away from”) +‎ condō (“conceal, hide”).

Pronunciation

Verb

abscondō (present infinitive abscondere, perfect active abscondī, supine absconditum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to hide, conceal, cover, shroud
    Synonyms: vēlō, dissimulō, occultō, indūcō, operiō, obnūbō, occulō, condō, recondō, verrō, obruō, adoperiō, nūbō, tegō, abdō, cooperiō, premō, opprimō, comprimō, prōtegō, mergō
    Antonyms: adaperiō, aperiō, patefaciō
  2. to store, put away, lay up
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.10.14:
      sapientēs abscondunt scientiam; os autem stultī cōnfūsiōnī proximum est
      Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is next to confusion. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Usage notes

For when one deliberately hides themself, latēre can be used instead of the passive.

Conjugation

The third principal part is occasionally abscondidī and the fourth principal part absconsum.

   Conjugation of abscondō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abscondō abscondis abscondit abscondimus absconditis abscondunt
imperfect abscondēbam abscondēbās abscondēbat abscondēbāmus abscondēbātis abscondēbant
future abscondam abscondēs abscondet abscondēmus abscondētis abscondent
perfect abscondī abscondistī abscondit abscondimus abscondistis abscondērunt,
abscondēre
pluperfect absconderam absconderās absconderat absconderāmus absconderātis absconderant
future perfect absconderō absconderis absconderit absconderimus absconderitis absconderint
passive present abscondor absconderis,
abscondere 		absconditur abscondimur abscondiminī absconduntur
imperfect abscondēbar abscondēbāris,
abscondēbāre 		abscondēbātur abscondēbāmur abscondēbāminī abscondēbantur
future abscondar abscondēris,
abscondēre 		abscondētur abscondēmur abscondēminī abscondentur
perfect absconditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect absconditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect absconditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present abscondam abscondās abscondat abscondāmus abscondātis abscondant
imperfect absconderem absconderēs absconderet absconderēmus absconderētis absconderent
perfect absconderim absconderīs absconderit absconderīmus absconderītis absconderint
pluperfect abscondissem abscondissēs abscondisset abscondissēmus abscondissētis abscondissent
passive present abscondar abscondāris,
abscondāre 		abscondātur abscondāmur abscondāminī abscondantur
imperfect absconderer absconderēris,
absconderēre 		absconderētur absconderēmur absconderēminī absconderentur
perfect absconditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect absconditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — absconde — — abscondite —
future — absconditō absconditō — absconditōte absconduntō
passive present — abscondere — — abscondiminī —
future — absconditor absconditor — — absconduntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present abscondere abscondī abscondēns —
future absconditūrum esse absconditum īrī absconditūrus abscondendus,
abscondundus
perfect abscondisse absconditum esse — absconditus
future perfect — absconditum fore — —
perfect potential absconditūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
abscondendī abscondendō abscondendum abscondendō absconditum absconditū

Derived terms

  • absconditē
  • absconditor
  • absconditus
  • Late Latin: inabscondere

Descendants

Contrast the descendants of the participle abscōnsus, which may show a separate phonetic evolution.

Borrowings

References

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

Portuguese

Verb

abscondo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder

Spanish

Verb

abscondo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of absconder
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