aborior Latin · revision 9668

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *h₃er-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈbɔ.ri.ɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈbɔː.ri.or]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aborior''' (present infinitive aborīrī, perfect active abortus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ab-|orior|t1=away from|t2=to rise]], the opposite of ⟨orior⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨orior⟩ to [[itc-pro|*or-i-|t=to rise]], from [[ine-pro|*h₃r-i-|t=to rise]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Among the OLD's earliest citations are Lucretius and Varro, of passing away.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Lucretius 96–55 BC and Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Very rare, it meant to set, disappear, pass away, be lost, as in Varro; of a foetus, to miscarry, be aborted, as in Pliny; and in Lucretius, of the voice, to fail.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Etymonline notes that Latin used it for deaths, miscarriages and sunsets alike.^(Etymonline)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to disappear, pass away, set, miscarry, fail.^(Stelten 1995) Its participle ''abortus'' gave [[m|en|abort]] (1570s, “to miscarry”).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of miscarriage.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1570s – English ''abort'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To pass away, disappear, be lost; to set.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(of a foetus)'' To [[m|en|miscarry]], be aborted.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[aborīscor]]

+ * [[abortiō]]

+ * [[abortium]]

+ * [[abortīvus]]

+ * [[abortō]]

+ * [[abortum]]

+ * [[abortus]]

+ * [[aborsus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abortīvum]]

+ * [[orior]]

+ * [[en|abort]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}