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abductio

abductio

Latin

Noun

abductiō f ‎(genitive abductiōnis); third declension

  1. robbing, ravishing, plundering
  2. (by extension, of a woman) abduction
  3. (Vulgar Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) retirement

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative abductiō abductiōnēs
genitive abductiōnis abductiōnum
dative abductiōnī abductiōnibus
accusative abductiōnem abductiōnēs
ablative abductiōne abductiōnibus
vocative abductiō abductiōnēs

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Etymology

From abdūcō ‎(“take away; withdraw; seduce”), from ab ‎(“from, away from”) + dūcō ‎(“lead”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈduk.ti.oː/, [abˈdʊk.ti.oː]

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