English

Noun

abominatio ‎(plural not attested)

1. (rhetoric) bdelygmia
2. (rhetoric) apodioxis

Latin

Etymology

From abomino with the suffix -atio.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.boː.miˈnaː.ti.oː/, [a.boː.mɪˈnaː.ti.oː]

Noun

abōminātiō f ‎(genitive abōminātiōnis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) aversion, detestation, loathing
2. vocative singular of abōminātiō

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: abomination
• Portuguese: abominação

References

• abominatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ABOMINATIO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abominatio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.