The corpus record — Latin

abortus

abortus · m

an abortion

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Where it lives

Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ăbortus — Lewis & Short

ăbortus, ūs, m. (abortum, i, n.,

Dig. 29, 2, 30; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll.) [aborior],

I an abortion, miscarriage.

I Lit.: dicam abortum esse, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 38: Tertullae nollem abortum, had not miscarried, Cic. Att. 14, 20, 2: abortum facere, to suffer abortion, miscarry, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 1; but also, to produce or cause abortion, Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 118; 21, 18, 69, § 116 al.—

B Meton., of plants, Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13.—*

II Trop., of writings, an unfinished piece, Plin. praef. § 28.

In the wild

abortuum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.14.p1

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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