aborsus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.sus/, [äˈbɔɾs̠ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbor.sus/, [ɑˈbɔrsus]

Adjective

aborsus (feminine aborsa, neuter aborsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. That which has been brought forth or born prematurely.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aborsus	aborsa	aborsum		aborsī	aborsae	aborsa
Genitive	aborsī	aborsae	aborsī		aborsōrum	aborsārum	aborsōrum
Dative	aborsō		aborsō		aborsīs
Accusative	aborsum	aborsam	aborsum		aborsōs	aborsās	aborsa
Ablative	aborsō	aborsā	aborsō		aborsīs
Vocative	aborse	aborsa	aborsum		aborsī	aborsae	aborsa

Noun

aborsus m (genitive aborsī); second declension

1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aborsus	aborsī
Genitive	aborsī	aborsōrum
Dative	aborsō	aborsīs
Accusative	aborsum	aborsōs
Ablative	aborsō	aborsīs
Vocative	aborse	aborsī

Synonyms

• (miscarriage): abortiō, abortīvum, abortum, abortus

Related terms

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

 

References

• aborsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aborsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aborsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette