abortivus
Latin
Etymology
From aborior (“to pass away”) + -īvus, from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.bɔrˈtiː.wʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.borˈt̪iː.vus]
Adjective
abortīvus (feminine abortīva, neuter abortīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to a premature delivery, miscarriage, or abortion.
- Of that which causes an abortion or miscarriage.
- born prematurely
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | abortīvus | abortīva | abortīvum | abortīvī | abortīvae | abortīva | |
| genitive | abortīvī | abortīvae | abortīvī | abortīvōrum | abortīvārum | abortīvōrum | |
| dative | abortīvō | abortīvae | abortīvō | abortīvīs | |||
| accusative | abortīvum | abortīvam | abortīvum | abortīvōs | abortīvās | abortīva | |
| ablative | abortīvō | abortīvā | abortīvō | abortīvīs | |||
| vocative | abortīve | abortīva | abortīvum | abortīvī | abortīvae | abortīva | |
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References
- “abortivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “abortivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "abortivus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abortivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.