abiga
Estonian
Noun
abiga
- comitative singular of abi
Latin
Etymology
From abigō (“force birth, cause an abortion”).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡa/, [ˈäbɪɡä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡa/, [ˈäːbiɡä]
Noun
abiga f (genitive abigae); first declension (dis legomenon)
- a flowering plant known as yellow bugle or Ajuga chamaepitys used in medicine to induce an abortion.
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 24.29
- 300 CE – 400 CE, Pseudo-Apuleius, Herbarium 27
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abiga | abigae |
| Genitive | abigae | abigārum |
| Dative | abigae | abigīs |
| Accusative | abigam | abigās |
| Ablative | abigā | abigīs |
| Vocative | abiga | abigae |
Related terms
- abactius
- abactor
- abactus
- abagmentum
- abigeātor
- abigeātus
- abigeus
- abigō
Descendants
- → Translingual: Ajuga
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡaː/, [ˈäbɪɡäː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.bi.ɡa/, [ˈäːbiɡä]
Noun
abigā f
- ablative singular of abiga
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- abiga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette