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abdo

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English

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Etymology

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Clipping of abdomen or abdominal.

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Noun

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abdo (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Abdomen.
    CT chest abdo pelvis

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Adjective

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abdo (not comparable)

  1. (medicine, colloquial) Abdominal.
    abdo pain

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French

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Etymology

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Clipping of abdominal.

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Noun

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abdo m (plural abdos)

  1. (informal, rare in the singular) ab (abdominal muscle)
  2. (informal) crunch (abdominal exercise)
    faire des abdos

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ab- (away) +‎ -dō (put).

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Verb

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abdō (present infinitive abdere, perfect active abdidī, supine abditum); third conjugation

  1. to hide, conceal, keep secret, cover, suppress, sheathe
  2. to remove, put away, set aside; banish
  3. (often with se) to betake oneself, go away, go and hide
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.12:
      Eos impeditos et inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit; reliqui sese fugae mandarunt atque in proximas silvas abdiderunt.
      Attacking them encumbered with baggage, and not expecting him, he cut to pieces a great part of them; the rest betook themselves to flight, and concealed themselves in the nearest woods.

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References

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  • abdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abdo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abdo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be quite engrossed in literary studies: se totum in litteras or se litteris abdere
    • to bury oneself in one's library: se abdere in bibliothecam suam