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abortus

See also: Abortus

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”). Doublet of abort.

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Noun

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abortus (plural abortuses or aborti)

  1. An abortion. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
  2. An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy. [First attested in the early 20th century.][1]
    Synonyms: (now rare) abort, (now rare) abortion

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abortus”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7.

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Czech

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

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Noun

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abortus m inan

  1. (medicine) abortion (expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed)
    Synonym: potrat

Declension

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Declension of abortus (hard masculine inanimate foreign)
singular plural
nominative abortus aborty
genitive abortu abortů
dative abortu abortům
accusative abortus aborty
vocative aborte aborty
locative abortu abortech
instrumental abortem aborty

Further reading

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  • “abortus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
  • “abortus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “abortus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “abortus” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin abortus (“miscarriage”).

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  • IPA(key): /aːˈbɔr.tʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: abor‧tus

Noun

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abortus m (plural abortussen, diminutive abortusje n)

  1. abortion, induced abortion
    Synonyms: abortus provocatus, zwangerschapsonderbreking
  2. miscarriage, spontaneous abortion
    Synonym: miskraam

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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: abortus

Esperanto

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Verb

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abortus

  1. conditional of aborti

Ido

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Verb

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abortus

  1. conditional of abortar

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch abortus, from Latin abortus, perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”). Doublet of aborsi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈabɔrt̪ʊs/
  • Hyphenation: abor‧tus

Noun

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abortus (plural abortus-abortus, first-person possessive abortusku, second-person possessive abortusmu, third-person possessive abortusnya)

  1. (obstetrics) abortus; abortion: the expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion (see Indonesian aborsi).

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect active participle from aborior (“pass away; miscarry”), from ab (“from, away from”) + orior (“rise, get up; appear”).

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Noun

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abortus m (genitive abortūs); fourth declension

  1. premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion
    • 165 B.C.E., Terence, Hecyra [1], Act 3 Scene 3:
      […] sed si fieri id non potest quin sentiant, dicam abortum esse.
      […] but if that can not be managed, and they do find it out, I will say that it was a miscarriage.
    • 2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia‎[2], Vatican:
      […] 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.
    Synonyms: aborsus, abortiō, abortīvum, abortum
  2. (figuratively) an unfinished piece

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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abortus abortūs
Genitive abortūs abortuum
Dative abortuī abortibus
Accusative abortum abortūs
Ablative abortū abortibus
Vocative abortus abortūs

Participle

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abortus (feminine aborta, neuter abortum); first/second-declension participle

  1. disappeared, passed away, having disappeared or passed away
  2. miscarried, aborted, having miscarried or aborted

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative abortus aborta abortum abortī abortae aborta
Genitive abortī abortae abortī abortōrum abortārum abortōrum
Dative abortō abortō abortīs
Accusative abortum abortam abortum abortōs abortās aborta
Ablative abortō abortā abortō abortīs
Vocative aborte aborta abortum abortī abortae aborta
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Descendants

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References

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  • “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “abortus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

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Noun

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abortus m

  1. accusative plural of aborts

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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abòrtus m (Cyrillic spelling або̀ртус)

  1. miscarriage
    Synonym: pȍbačāj

Declension

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Declension of abortus
singular plural
nominative abortus abortusi
genitive abortusa abortusa
dative abortusu abortusima
accusative abortus abortuse
vocative abortuse abortusi
locative abortusu abortusima
instrumental abortusom abortusima
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