ablutio
Latin
Etymology
From abluō (“I wash off, cleanse”) + -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + luō (“I wash, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [abˈɫuː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈlut̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
ablūtiō f (genitive ablūtiōnis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ablūtiō | ablūtiōnēs |
| genitive | ablūtiōnis | ablūtiōnum |
| dative | ablūtiōnī | ablūtiōnibus |
| accusative | ablūtiōnem | ablūtiōnēs |
| ablative | ablūtiōne | ablūtiōnibus |
| vocative | ablūtiō | ablūtiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (washing, ablution): baptisma
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “ablutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "ablutio", 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)
- ablutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.