abusio

English

Etymology

From Latin. Doublet of abusion.

Noun

abusio (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Catachresis.

Translations

catachresis — see catachresis

Latin

Etymology

From abūtor +‎ -tiō.

Noun

abūsiō f (genitive abūsiōnis); third declension

1. (rhetoric) the loose or improper use of a word, catachresis
2. (in general) abuse, misuse

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs
genitive	abūsiōnis	abūsiōnum
dative	abūsiōnī	abūsiōnibus
accusative	abūsiōnem	abūsiōnēs
ablative	abūsiōne	abūsiōnibus
vocative	abūsiō	abūsiōnēs

Descendants

• English: abusio, abusion
• Portuguese: avejão, abusão

References

• “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abusio 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)
• abusio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.