abortivum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abortīvus (“of or pertaining to a miscarriage”), from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.borˈtiː.wum/, [a.bɔrˈtiː.wũ]

Noun

abortīvum n (genitive abortīvī); second declension

abortion, miscarriage
that which procures or induces an abortion

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abortīvum	abortīva
genitive	abortīvī	abortīvōrum
dative	abortīvō	abortīvīs
accusative	abortīvum	abortīva
ablative	abortīvō	abortīvīs
vocative	abortīvum	abortīva

Synonyms

(miscarriage): aborsus, abortiō, abortum, abortus

Related terms

Descendants

English: abortive
French: abortif
Portuguese: abortivo
Italian: abortivo

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