partus

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin partus (“birth, delivery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tʊs/
• Rhymes: -tʊs
• Hyphenation: par‧tus

Noun

partus (plural partus-partus, first-person possessive partusku, second-person possessive partusmu, third-person possessive partusnya)

1. (obstetrics) childbirth, parturition: The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

   Synonyms: kelahiran, parturisi, persalinan

Related terms

• parturisi

 

Further reading

• “partus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tus/, [ˈpärt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.tus/, [ˈpärt̪us]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pariō (“I bring forth, give birth; acquire”).

Participle

partus (feminine parta, neuter partum); first/second-declension participle

1. born, given birth to, having been born
2. gained, acquired, secured, won; having been gained, etc.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.578:

     “‘[...] partōque ībit rēgīna triumphō [...].’”

     “‘[Incredibly, Helen] will go [as] a queen, and [even as if she] had gained a triumph?’”
     (An expression of surprise or indignation posed as a question.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	partus	parta	partum		partī	partae	parta
genitive	partī	partae	partī		partōrum	partārum	partōrum
dative	partō	partae	partō		partīs
accusative	partum	partam	partum		partōs	partās	parta
ablative	partō	partā	partō		partīs
vocative	parte	parta	partum		partī	partae	parta

Derived terms

• parturiō

Etymology 2

From pariō (“I bring forth, give birth”).

Noun

partus m (genitive partūs); fourth declension

1. A bearing, bringing forth.
2. A birth, delivery.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.3:

     spem partus adimit

     [ Amulius ] deprived [ Rea Silvia ] of the hope of delivery

3. Young, offspring.

   Synonyms: stirps, stirpis, prōlēs

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (dative/ablative plural in -ubus).

	singular	plural
nominative	partus	partūs
genitive	partūs	partuum
dative	partuī	partubus
accusative	partum	partūs
ablative	partū	partubus
vocative	partus	partūs

Related terms

• pariō

Descendants

• Catalan: part
• French: part
• Friulian: part
• Italian: parto
• Portuguese: parto
• Spanish: parto
• Venetan: part

References

• “partus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “partus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• partus 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)
• partus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as if the victory were already won: sicut parta iam atque explorata victoria
    
  • (ambiguous) as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • (ambiguous) as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)
    
  • (ambiguous) from every point of view; looked at in every light: omni ex parte; in omni genere; omnibus rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to a certain extent: aliqua ex parte