Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of abdūcō (take away; withdraw; seduce).

Participle

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abductus (feminine abducta, neuter abductum); first/second-declension participle

  1. taken or led away, detached, removed, having been taken away or removed
  2. withdrawn, having been withdrawn
  3. robbed, ravished, having been robbed
  4. seduced, charmed, perverted, having been seduced
  5. reduced, degraded, having been reduced

Declension

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Descendants

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  • English: abduct

References

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