LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

abortīvus

abortīvus (feminine abortīva, neuter abortīvum)
Classical[a.bɔrˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.borˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to a premature delivery, miscarriage, or abortion.
  2. adjectiveOf that which causes an abortion or miscarriage.
  3. adjectiveborn prematurely

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeabortīvusabortīvaabortīvum
genitiveabortīvīabortīvaeabortīvī
dativeabortīvōabortīvaeabortīvō
accusativeabortīvumabortīvamabortīvum
ablativeabortīvōabortīvāabortīvō
vocativeabortīveabortīvaabortīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeabortīvīabortīvaeabortīva
genitiveabortīvōrumabortīvārumabortīvōrum
dativeabortīvīsabortīvīsabortīvīs
accusativeabortīvōsabortīvāsabortīva
ablativeabortīvīsabortīvīsabortīvīs
vocativeabortīvīabortīvaeabortīva

ăbortīvus, a, um, adj. abortio,
I. pertaining to a premature delivery.
I. Adj.
A. Born prematurely = abortus: Sisyphus, * Hor. S. 1, 3, 46; cf. Juv. 2, 32: ovum, addled, Mart. 6, 93.—
B. That causes abortion: malvae, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 226; so id. 24, 5, 11, § 18: sternuisse a coitu abortivum, id. 7, 6, 5, § 42.—
II. Subst.: ăbortīvum, i, n.
A. An abortion, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 150; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 8 al.—
B. (Sc. medicamentum.) A means of procuring abortion = abiga, Juv. 6, 368.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanabortiu
  • Englishabortive
  • Frenchabortif
  • Romanianabortivfrom French abortif
  • Germanabortiv
  • Italianabortivo
  • Portugueseabortivo
  • Norwegian Bokmålabortiv

In English words that came into English from abortīvus

  • abortiveabortīvus

Quick answers

What does abortīvus mean in Latin?
abortīvus, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to a premature delivery, miscarriage, or abortion.; Of that which causes an abortion or miscarriage.; born prematurely”.
How do you pronounce abortīvus?
In classical Latin, [a.bɔrˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [a.borˈtiː.vus].