Abeona

Latin

Etymology

From abeō (“to depart, go away”) +‎ -ōna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.beˈoː.na/, [äbeˈoːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.beˈo.na/, [äbeˈɔːnä]

Noun

Abeōna f sg (genitive Abeōnae); first declension

1. The goddess of departing.
   • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 4.21:

     Quid necesse erat Opi deae commendare nascentes, deo Vaticano uagientes, deae Cuninae iacentes, deae Ruminae sugentes, deo Statilino stantes, deae Adeonae adeuntes, Abeonae abeuntes

     • Translation by George Wilson

       What need was there to commend the children to the goddess Ops when they were being born; to the god Vaticanus in their birth-cry; to the goddess Cunina when lying cradled; to the goddess Rumina when sucking; to the god Statilinus when standing; to the goddess Adeona when coming; to Abeona when going away

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Abeōna
genitive	Abeōnae
dative	Abeōnae
accusative	Abeōnam
ablative	Abeōnā
vocative	Abeōna

References

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