abusus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Perfect active participle of abūtor.

Participle

abūsus (feminine abūsa, neuter abūsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. having consumed, wasted or misused
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative abūsus abūsa abūsum abūsī abūsae abūsa
genitive abūsī abūsae abūsī abūsōrum abūsārum abūsōrum
dative abūsō abūsae abūsō abūsīs
accusative abūsum abūsam abūsum abūsōs abūsās abūsa
ablative abūsō abūsā abūsō abūsīs
vocative abūse abūsa abūsum abūsī abūsae abūsa

Etymology 2

From abūtor +‎ -tus (forming action nouns).

Noun

abūsus m (genitive abūsūs); fourth declension

  1. consumption
  2. wasting
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative abūsus abūsūs
genitive abūsūs abūsuum
dative abūsuī abūsibus
accusative abūsum abūsūs
ablative abūsū abūsibus
vocative abūsus abūsūs

Noun

abūsūs

  1. inflection of abūsus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

References

  • abusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • abusus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "abusus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • abusus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • abusus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • abusus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin