abortio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.ti.oː/, [äˈbɔrt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.t͡si.o/, [äˈbɔrt̪͡s̪io]

Etymology 1

From aborior (“to pass away; miscarry”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

abortiō f (genitive abortiōnis); third declension

1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion

   Synonyms: aborsus, abortīvum, abortum, abortus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abortiō	abortiōnēs
Genitive	abortiōnis	abortiōnum
Dative	abortiōnī	abortiōnibus
Accusative	abortiōnem	abortiōnēs
Ablative	abortiōne	abortiōnibus
Vocative	abortiō	abortiōnēs

Related terms

• aborior
• aborsus
• abortum
• abortus
• abortīvum
• abortīvus
• abortō
• aborīscor

 

Descendants

• English: abortion
• Russian: або́рт m (abórt)

References

• “abortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abortio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abortio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “abortio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abortio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

abortiō

1. dative/ablative singular of abortium