absolutio

Latin

Etymology

From absolvō (“to detach; finish; absolve, acquit”) +‎ -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.psoˈluː.ti.oː/, [a.psɔˈɫuː.ti.oː]

Noun

absolūtiō f (genitive absolūtiōnis); third declension

  1. (law) an acquittal, absolving
  2. completion, perfection, consummation; completeness

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative absolūtiō absolūtiōnēs
Genitive absolūtiōnis absolūtiōnum
Dative absolūtiōnī absolūtiōnibus
Accusative absolūtiōnem absolūtiōnēs
Ablative absolūtiōne absolūtiōnibus
Vocative absolūtiō absolūtiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • absolutio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • absolutio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • absolutio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • absolutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
  • absolutio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • absolutio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • absolutio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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