absconsus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abscondō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

abscōnsus (feminine abscōnsa, neuter abscōnsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (Late Latin) hidden, secret, concealed
    Synonym: (Classical) absconditus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative abscōnsus abscōnsa abscōnsum abscōnsī abscōnsae abscōnsa
genitive abscōnsī abscōnsae abscōnsī abscōnsōrum abscōnsārum abscōnsōrum
dative abscōnsō abscōnsae abscōnsō abscōnsīs
accusative abscōnsum abscōnsam abscōnsum abscōnsōs abscōnsās abscōnsa
ablative abscōnsō abscōnsā abscōnsō abscōnsīs
vocative abscōnse abscōnsa abscōnsum abscōnsī abscōnsae abscōnsa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: ascumsu, ascunsu
  • Catalan: escunç
  • French: abscons
  • Italian: ascoso
  • Old French: esconce
  • Neapolitan: annascuso
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: escuso
  • Portuguese: absconso
  • Portuguese: esconso (semi-learned)
  • Romanian: ascuns; abscons
  • Old Spanish: escoso, ascuso, escuso

References

  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “absconsus”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 2