abductio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

abductĭo, ōnis, f. [abduco, I.B. 3.].

I A forcible carrying off, ravishing, robbing , Cod. Th. 4, 8, 5, § 5; 11, 10, 1. —

2 (Of a woman.) Abduction : in abductione Hesionae, Dares Phryg. 4. —

II A retirement , Vulg. Eccli. 38, 20.