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Abortio
Abortio, Abtreibung, zunächst straflos, s. lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis
1. abortio, īvī, īre, (aborior) zu früh gebären, abortieren, Eccl.
2. abortio, ōnis, f. (aborior), das zu frühe Gebären, Abortieren, abortioni operam dare, Plaut.: merces abortionis, Cic.: Plur., Lact. de opif. dei 12, 6.
[Georges 1913]
1. ăbortĭo, ōnis, f. [aborior, in the sense of misbirth], premature delivery, miscarriage, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 98; Cic. Clu. 12; Dig. 48, 19, 38, § 5.
2. ăbortĭo, īre, 4, v. n. [aborior, in the sense of misbirth] to miscarry, Vulg. Job, 21, 10; in Plin. 8, 51, 77, aboriendi is the true reading (Jan.).
[LewisShort]