ablutio

Latin

Etymology

From abluō (I wash off, cleanse) +‎ -tiō, from ab (from, away from) + luō (I wash, cleanse).

Pronunciation

Noun

ablūtiō f (genitive ablūtiōnis); third declension

  1. washing, cleansing, ablution

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ablūtiō ablūtiōnēs
genitive ablūtiōnis ablūtiōnum
dative ablūtiōnī ablūtiōnibus
accusative ablūtiōnem ablūtiōnēs
ablative ablūtiōne ablūtiōnibus
vocative ablūtiō ablūtiōnēs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Catalan: ablució
  • French: ablution
  • Galician: ablución
  • Italian: abluzione
  • Old French: ablution
    • Middle English: ablucioun
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ablusjon
  • Portuguese: ablução
  • Romanian: abluțiune
  • Spanish: ablución

References

  • ablutio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "ablutio", 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)
  • ablutio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.