absolutio

Latin

Etymology

From absolvō (“to detach; finish; absolve, acquit”) +‎ -tiō, from ab (“from, away from”) + solvō (“release, loosen, dissolve, take apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.soˈluː.ti.oː/, [äps̠ɔˈɫ̪uːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlut.t͡si.o/, [äbsoˈlut̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

absolūtiō f (genitive absolūtiōnis); third declension

1. (law) an acquittal, absolving
2. completion, perfection, consummation; completeness
3. (literally) riddance, deliverance, discharge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	absolūtiō	absolūtiōnēs
Genitive	absolūtiōnis	absolūtiōnum
Dative	absolūtiōnī	absolūtiōnibus
Accusative	absolūtiōnem	absolūtiōnēs
Ablative	absolūtiōne	absolūtiōnibus
Vocative	absolūtiō	absolūtiōnēs

Related terms

• absolvō
• absolūtus
• absolūtē
• absolūtōrius

 

Descendants

• Catalan: absolució
• English: absolution
• French: absolution
• Galician: absolución
• Irish: absalóid, aspalóid
• Italian: assoluzione
• Occitan: absolucion
• Norwegian Bokmål: absolusjon
• Portuguese: absolução
• Romanian: absoluțiune
• Spanish: absolución

References

• “absolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absolutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absolutio 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)
• absolutio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • ideal perfection: absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)
    
• “absolutio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• absolutio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “absolutio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin