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

1. to retard, check the growth of
2. 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].”

3. (in passive, intransitive) to die, decay

   Synonyms: morior, intereo, exspiro, defungor, deficio, decedo

4. to abolish

   Synonyms: abrogō, tollō

Conjugation

Conjugation of aboleō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abolē	—	—	abolēte	—
	future	—	abolētō	abolētō	—	abolētōte	abolentō
passive	present	—	abolēre	—	—	abolēminī	—
	future	—	abolētor	abolētor	—	—	abolentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abolēre	abolēvisse	abolitūrum esse	abolērī	abolitum esse	abolitum īrī
participles		abolēns	—	abolitūrus	—	abolitus	abolendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abolendī	abolendō	abolendum	abolendō	abolitum	abolitū

Derived terms

• abolefaciō
• abolēscō
• abolitiō
• abolitor

Related terms

• adoleō
• *oleō

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