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abortivus

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative abortīvus abortīva abortīvum abortīvī abortīvae abortīva
genitive abortīvī abortīvae abortīvī abortīvōrum abortīvārum abortīvōrum
dative abortīvō abortīvae abortīvō abortīvīs
accusative abortīvum abortīvam abortīvum abortīvōs abortīvās abortīva
ablative abortīvō abortīvā abortīvō abortīvīs
vocative abortīve abortīva abortīvum abortīvī abortīvae abortīva

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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.