abnegatio

Latin

Etymology

From abnegō (“refuse, deny”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡaː.ti.oː/, [äbnɛˈɡäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ab.neˈɡat.t͡si.o/, [äbneˈɡät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

abnegātiō f (genitive abnegātiōnis); third declension

1. The act of denying; denial.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abnegātiō	abnegātiōnēs
genitive	abnegātiōnis	abnegātiōnum
dative	abnegātiōnī	abnegātiōnibus
accusative	abnegātiōnem	abnegātiōnēs
ablative	abnegātiōne	abnegātiōnibus
vocative	abnegātiō	abnegātiōnēs

Related terms

• abnegātīvus
• abnegātor
• abnegātus
• abnegō

Descendants

• English: abnegation
• French: abnégation
• Italian: abnegazione
• → Portuguese: abnegação
• Romanian: abnegație
• Spanish: abnegación

References

• “abnegatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "abnegatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• abnegatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.