abagmentum

Latin

Etymology

From abigō (“force birth, cause an abortion”) +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.baɡˈmen.tum/, [äbäɡˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.baɡˈmen.tum/, [äbäɡˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

abagmentum n (genitive abagmentī); second declension

1. A way or means for inducing or procuring an abortion, an abortifacient.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	abagmentum	abagmenta
genitive	abagmentī	abagmentōrum
dative	abagmentō	abagmentīs
accusative	abagmentum	abagmenta
ablative	abagmentō	abagmentīs
vocative	abagmentum	abagmenta

Related terms

• abāctius
• abāctor
• abāctus
• abiga
• abigeātor
• abigeātus
• abigeus
• abigō

References

• “abagmentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abagmentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.