aboleo

Latin

Etymology

Probably from ab- (“from, away from”) +‎ Proto-Italic *oleō (“to wipe out, destroy”, causative of *olō), ultimate from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁-. See also Ancient Greek ἀπόλλυμι (apóllumi, “destroy utterly”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbo.le.oː/, [äˈbɔɫ̪eoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbo.le.o/, [äˈbɔːleo]

Verb

aboleō (present infinitive abolēre, perfect active abolēvī, supine abolitum); second conjugation

to retard, check the growth of
to destroy, efface, terminate
Synonyms: ruīnō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, diruo, dēstruō, perdō, exscindō, accido, tollo, occido, populor, interimō, absūmō, impellō, sepeliō, trucīdō, perimō

Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.497–498:
  “[...] abolēre nefandī / cūncta virī monumenta iuvat, mōnstratque sacerdōs.”
  “It is pleasing to destroy all reminders of the accursed man, and the priestess shows [us how].”
(in passive, intransitive) to die, decay
Synonyms: morior, intereo, exspiro, defungor, deficio, decedo
to abolish
Synonyms: abrogō, tollō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aboleō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aboleō	abolēs		abolet	abolēmus	abolētis		abolent
	imperfect	abolēbam	abolēbās		abolēbat	abolēbāmus	abolēbātis		abolēbant
	future	abolēbō	abolēbis		abolēbit	abolēbimus	abolēbitis		abolēbunt
	perfect	abolēvī	abolēvistī		abolēvit	abolēvimus	abolēvistis		abolēvērunt, abolēvēre
	pluperfect	abolēveram	abolēverās		abolēverat	abolēverāmus	abolēverātis		abolēverant
	future perfect	abolēverō	abolēveris		abolēverit	abolēverimus	abolēveritis		abolēverint
passive	present	aboleor	abolēris, abolēre		abolētur	abolēmur	abolēminī		abolentur
	imperfect	abolēbar	abolēbāris, abolēbāre		abolēbātur	abolēbāmur	abolēbāminī		abolēbantur
	future	abolēbor	abolēberis, abolēbere		abolēbitur	abolēbimur	abolēbiminī		abolēbuntur
	perfect	abolitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abolitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abolitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	aboleam	aboleās		aboleat	aboleāmus	aboleātis		aboleant
	imperfect	abolērem	abolērēs		abolēret	abolērēmus	abolērētis		abolērent
	perfect	abolēverim	abolēverīs		abolēverit	abolēverīmus	abolēverītis		abolēverint
	pluperfect	abolēvissem	abolēvissēs		abolēvisset	abolēvissēmus	abolēvissētis		abolēvissent
passive	present	abolear	aboleāris, aboleāre		aboleātur	aboleāmur	aboleāminī		aboleantur
	imperfect	abolērer	abolērēris, abolērēre		abolērētur	abolērēmur	abolērēminī		abolērentur
	perfect	abolitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abolitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	abolē		—	—	abolēte		—
active	future	—	abolētō		abolētō	—	abolētōte		abolentō
passive	present	—	abolēre		—	—	abolēminī		—
passive	future	—	abolētor		abolētor	—	—		abolentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		abolēre		abolērī		abolēns		—
future		abolitūrum esse		abolitum īrī		abolitūrus		abolendus
perfect		abolēvisse		abolitum esse		—		abolitus
future perfect		—		abolitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		abolitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		abolendī	abolendō		abolendum	abolendō	abolitum		abolitū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: abolir
→ Galician: abolir
→ Italian: abolire
→ Middle French: abolir
- French: abolir
  - → Romanian: aboli
- → Middle English: abolisshen
  - English: abolish
→ Norwegian Bokmål: abolere
→ Portuguese: abolir
→ Spanish: abolir

References

“aboleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aboleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aboleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the recollection of a thing has been entirely lost: memoria alicuius rei excidit, abiit, abolevit