abbrevio

See also: abbreviò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈbrɛ.vjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛvjo
• Hyphenation: ab‧brè‧vio

Verb

abbrevio

1. first-person singular present indicative of abbreviare

Latin

Alternative forms

• adbreviō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ breviō. Attested from the fourth century CE.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈbre.u̯i.oː/, [äbˈbreu̯ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈbre.vi.o/, [äbˈbrɛːvio]

Verb

abbreviō (present infinitive abbreviāre, perfect active abbreviāvī, supine abbreviātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)

1. to shorten, abbreviate, abridge
   • c. 360 CE – 400 CE, Vegetius, De Re Militari 3:

     Quae per diversos auctores librosque dispersa imperator invicte mediocritatem meam abbreviare iussisti ne vel fastidium nasceretur ex plurimis vel plenitudo fidei deesset in parvis.

     These are the maxims and instructions dispersed through the works of different authors, which Your Majesty has ordered me to abridge, since the perusal of the whole would be too tedious, and the authority of only a part unsatisfactory.

2. to break off
3. to weaken
4. to epitomize

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abbreviō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abbreviō	abbreviās	abbreviat	abbreviāmus	abbreviātis	abbreviant
	imperfect	abbreviābam	abbreviābās	abbreviābat	abbreviābāmus	abbreviābātis	abbreviābant
	future	abbreviābō	abbreviābis	abbreviābit	abbreviābimus	abbreviābitis	abbreviābunt
	perfect	abbreviāvī	abbreviāvistī	abbreviāvit	abbreviāvimus	abbreviāvistis	abbreviāvērunt, abbreviāvēre
	pluperfect	abbreviāveram	abbreviāverās	abbreviāverat	abbreviāverāmus	abbreviāverātis	abbreviāverant
	future perfect	abbreviāverō	abbreviāveris	abbreviāverit	abbreviāverimus	abbreviāveritis	abbreviāverint
passive	present	abbrevior	abbreviāris, abbreviāre	abbreviātur	abbreviāmur	abbreviāminī	abbreviantur
	imperfect	abbreviābar	abbreviābāris, abbreviābāre	abbreviābātur	abbreviābāmur	abbreviābāminī	abbreviābantur
	future	abbreviābor	abbreviāberis, abbreviābere	abbreviābitur	abbreviābimur	abbreviābiminī	abbreviābuntur
	perfect	abbreviātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abbreviātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abbreviātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	abbreviem	abbreviēs	abbreviet	abbreviēmus	abbreviētis	abbrevient
	imperfect	abbreviārem	abbreviārēs	abbreviāret	abbreviārēmus	abbreviārētis	abbreviārent
	perfect	abbreviāverim	abbreviāverīs	abbreviāverit	abbreviāverīmus	abbreviāverītis	abbreviāverint
	pluperfect	abbreviāvissem	abbreviāvissēs	abbreviāvisset	abbreviāvissēmus	abbreviāvissētis	abbreviāvissent
passive	present	abbrevier	abbreviēris, abbreviēre	abbreviētur	abbreviēmur	abbreviēminī	abbrevientur
	imperfect	abbreviārer	abbreviārēris, abbreviārēre	abbreviārētur	abbreviārēmur	abbreviārēminī	abbreviārentur
	perfect	abbreviātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abbreviātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	abbreviā	—	—	abbreviāte	—
	future	—	abbreviātō	abbreviātō	—	abbreviātōte	abbreviantō
passive	present	—	abbreviāre	—	—	abbreviāminī	—
	future	—	abbreviātor	abbreviātor	—	—	abbreviantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		abbreviāre	abbreviāvisse	abbreviātūrum esse	abbreviārī	abbreviātum esse	abbreviātum īrī
participles		abbreviāns	—	abbreviātūrus	—	abbreviātus	abbreviandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		abbreviandī	abbreviandō	abbreviandum	abbreviandō	abbreviātum	abbreviātū

Derived terms

• abbreviatiō
• abbreviator

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: abbreviare
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: abreujar
  • Occitan: abreujar
  • Old French: abregier, abriger, abreger
    • French: abréger
    • → Middle English: abreggen, abrigen
      • English: abridge
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Portuguese: abreviar
  • Spanish: abreviar
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: abreviar
  • → French: abrévier
  • → Middle English: abbreviaten
    • English: abbreviate
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abbreviere
  • → Romanian: abrevia (or via Italian/French)

References

• “abbrevio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abbrevio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.