abbreviatio

Latin

Etymology

abbreviō (“shorten”) +‎ -tiō (action noun-forming suffix), from abbreviō from frequentative ad (“toward, to”) + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ab.bre.wiˈaː.ti.oː/, [ab.brɛ.wɪˈaː.ti.oː]

Noun

abbreviātiō f (genitive abbreviātiōnis); third declension

(Late Latin) an abbreviation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abbreviātiō	abbreviātiōnēs
genitive	abbreviātiōnis	abbreviātiōnum
dative	abbreviātiōnī	abbreviātiōnibus
accusative	abbreviātiōnem	abbreviātiōnēs
ablative	abbreviātiōne	abbreviātiōnibus
vocative	abbreviātiō	abbreviātiōnēs

References

abbreviatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
abbreviatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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