abortivus

Latin

Etymology

From aborior (“to pass away”) +‎ -īvus, from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.borˈtiː.u̯us/, [äbɔrˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.borˈti.vus/, [äborˈt̪iːvus]

Adjective

abortīvus (feminine abortīva, neuter abortīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a premature delivery, miscarriage, or abortion.
2. Of that which causes an abortion or miscarriage.
3. born prematurely

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	abortīvus	abortīva	abortīvum		abortīvī	abortīvae	abortīva
Genitive	abortīvī	abortīvae	abortīvī		abortīvōrum	abortīvārum	abortīvōrum
Dative	abortīvō		abortīvō		abortīvīs
Accusative	abortīvum	abortīvam	abortīvum		abortīvōs	abortīvās	abortīva
Ablative	abortīvō	abortīvā	abortīvō		abortīvīs
Vocative	abortīve	abortīva	abortīvum		abortīvī	abortīvae	abortīva

Derived terms

• abortīvum

Related terms

• aborior
• aborīscor
• aborsus
• abortiō
• abortō
• abortum
• abortus

Descendants

• Catalan: abortiu
• → English: abortive
• French: abortif
  • → Romanian: abortiv
• → German: abortiv
• Italian: abortivo
• → Norwegian Bokmål: abortiv
• Portuguese: abortivo

References

• “abortivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “abortivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abortivus 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)
• abortivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.