Abeona

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Italic *ejō

Proto-Italic *eō

Latin eō

Latin abeō

Latin -ōna

Latin Abeōna

From abeō (“to depart, go away”) + -ōna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.beˈoː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.beˈɔː.na]

Noun

Abeōna f sg (genitive Abeōnae); first declension

1. The goddess of departing.
   • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, De civitate Dei 4.21:

     Quid necesse erat Opi deae commendare nascentes, deo Vaticano uagientes, deae Cuninae iacentes, deae Ruminae sugentes, deo Statilino stantes, deae Adeonae adeuntes, Abeonae abeuntes

     • Translation by George Wilson

       What need was there to commend the children to the goddess Ops when they were being born; to the god Vaticanus in their birth-cry; to the goddess Cunina when lying cradled; to the goddess Rumina when sucking; to the god Statilinus when standing; to the goddess Adeona when coming; to Abeona when going away

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Abeōna
genitive	Abeōnae
dative	Abeōnae
accusative	Abeōnam
ablative	Abeōnā
vocative	Abeōna

References

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