abitus

Latin

Etymology

From abeō (“depart, go off”), from ab (“from, away from”) + eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈäbɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.tus/, [ˈäːbit̪us]

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

• “abitus”, 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
• abitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.