abiga

Latin

Etymology

From abigō (“force birth, cause an abortion”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡa/, [ˈa.bɪ.ɡa]

Noun

abiga f (genitive abigae); first declension

(botany) The common name for a flowering plant (also known as Yellow Bugle or Ajuga chamaepitys) used in medicine to induce an abortion.

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abiga	abigae
genitive	abigae	abigārum
dative	abigae	abigīs
accusative	abigam	abigās
ablative	abigā	abigīs
vocative	abiga	abigae

Related terms

References

abiga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
abiga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
abiga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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