abortivum
Latin
Etymology
Substantive from abortīvus (“of or pertaining to a miscarriage”), from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.borˈtiː.u̯um/, [äbɔrˈt̪iːu̯ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.borˈti.vum/, [äborˈt̪iːvum]
Noun
abortīvum n (genitive abortīvī); second declension
- abortion, miscarriage
- that which procures or induces an abortion
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | abortīvum | abortīva |
| genitive | abortīvī | abortīvōrum |
| dative | abortīvō | abortīvīs |
| accusative | abortīvum | abortīva |
| ablative | abortīvō | abortīvīs |
| vocative | abortīvum | abortīva |