abstentio

Latin

Etymology

abstineō (“to abstain, hold back”) +‎ -tiō

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [apˈstɛn.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈst̪ɛn.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

abstentiō f (genitive abstentiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) holding back, retaining
(Christianity) abstention, abstaining

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abstentiō	abstentiōnēs
genitive	abstentiōnis	abstentiōnum
dative	abstentiōnī	abstentiōnibus
accusative	abstentiōnem	abstentiōnēs
ablative	abstentiōne	abstentiōnibus
vocative	abstentiō	abstentiōnēs

Descendants

→ Bourguignon: aibstancion
→ French: abstention
- → English: abstention
→ Italian: astensione
→ Polish: abstencja (learned)
→ Portuguese: abstenção
→ Romanian: abstențiune
→ Spanish: abstención

References

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