abitus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Italic *ejō

Proto-Italic *eō

Latin eō

Latin abeō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin abitus

From abeō (“to depart, go off”) + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.bɪ.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.bi.tus]

Noun

abitus m (genitive abitūs); fourth declension

1. a going away; departure

   Synonyms: abitiō, ēgressus, exitus, ēgressiō

2. the place through which one leaves; place of egress, way out, exit; outlet, escape route

   Antonyms: iānua, ingressiō, ingressus, līmen, initium, porta, vestibulum, foris

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abitus	abitūs
genitive	abitūs	abituum
dative	abituī	abitibus
accusative	abitum	abitūs
ablative	abitū	abitibus
vocative	abitus	abitūs

Related terms

• abitiō

References

• “ăbĭtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ăbĭtŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.