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abusio

abusio

English

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations


Latin

Noun

abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

  1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
  2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative abūsiō abūsiōnēs
genitive abūsiōnis abūsiōnum
dative abūsiōnī abūsiōnibus
accusative abūsiōnem abūsiōnēs
ablative abūsiōne abūsiōnibus
vocative abūsiō abūsiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: abusio
  • Portuguese: abusão

References