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.wũː]
Noun
abortīvum n (genitive abortīvī); second declension
- abortion, miscarriage
- that which procures or induces an abortion
Declension
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
- aborior
- aborīscor
- aborsus
- abortiō
- abortīvus
- abortō
- abortum
- abortus
Descendants
- English: abortive
- French: abortif
- Portuguese: abortivo
- Italian: abortivo