abruptus

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbruptus/ Rhymes: -uptus Syllabification: a‧brup‧tus === Verb === abruptus conditional of abrupti == Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of abrumpō (“break off, tear, sever”), from ab (“from, away from”) + rumpō (“break, burst, tear”). === Participle === abruptus (feminine abrupta, neuter abruptum, superlative abruptissimus); first/second-declension participle broken off, torn, severed, having been broken off (by extension) broken off; precipitous, steep, abrupt (of an event, action or policy) cut short, broken off, having been cut short (by extension) broken off; broken, disconnected, abrupt ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. comparative: abruptior, superlative: abruptissimus ==== Related terms ==== abrumpō abruptē abruptiō ==== Descendants ==== (all borrowed) === References === “abruptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “abruptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "abruptus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “abruptus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.