abitio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [aˈbɪ.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈbit.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

abitiō f (genitive abitiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin abeō (“to go away”) + -tiō.^[2][1] ⟨abeō⟩ is from ab- and eō (“to go”), which de Vaan traces to Proto-Italic *ei- (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).^[1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is found in Plautus' Rudens and Terence's Heauton Timorumenos.^[4][5] Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant a going away, departure, and Lewis & Short call it ante-classical, for the later abitus.^[2][4]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[4][6]
• 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^[4][6]

Meanings

Noun

1. A going away, departure.^[2]

Related words

• abitus
• ambitiō
• circumitiō
• cōitiō
• interitiō
• praeteritiō
• prōditiō
• rēditiō
• sēditiō
• transitiō
• abeō
• eō

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de