abortu
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abortus, abortus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
miscarriage; premature/untimely birth; abortion; dead fetus; getting abortion;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →aborior, aboriri, abortus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pass away, disappear, be lost; miscarry, be aborted; set (sun/planet/star);
abl. sg.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...adfigere adhaesum, liquitur extemplo et revocatum cedit abortu. crassius hinc porro quoniam concretius aequo mittitur..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...exposuisset Milesiam quandam a secundis heredibus pro abortu pecuniam accepisse: "quanto est" inquit "Oppianicus in eadem iniuria maiore..." - G
Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...polluisset solum verum etiam occidisset; nam vidua abortu periit. Missi statim pontifices qui defodiendam necandamque curarent. Illa nunc..."
