What does atocium mean in Latin?

atocium, a noun, means “contraceptive”.

What is the genitive of atocium?

The genitive singular is atociī. atocium is neuter, second declension.

In classical Latin, [aˈtɔ.ki.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈtɔː.t͡ʃi.um].

noun · neutersecond declension

atocium n (genitive atociī or atocī)

Classical[aˈtɔ.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[aˈtɔː.t͡ʃi.um]

neutercontraceptive
Quam solam ex omni atocio dixisse fas sit.And, indeed, it is the only one of all the contraceptives that I feel myself at liberty to mention.79, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historiahttp://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001.perseus-lat1:29.28 Book 29 Chapter 28
[…]ob conscientiae dignitatis amorem Ecclesia omnibus viribus Statum cogentem reicit, qui fovet atocium, sterilitatis inductionem, immo vel abortum.[…] for the sake of this dignity of conscience, the Church strongly rejects the forced State intervention in favour of contraception, sterilization and even abortion.2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:

ătŏcĭum, ii, n., = ἀτόκιον,

I. a medicine that prevents conception, Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 85.

From Ancient Greek ἀτόκιον (atókion, “contraceptive”) or ἀτοκεῖον (atokeîon).