Lewis Short
(adj.Adj.) : ăbortīvus, a, um, adj.abortio
* Pertaining to a premature delivery.
* Adj.
* Born prematurely = abortus: Sisyphus, * Hor. S. 1, 3, 46; cf. Juv. 2, 32: ovum,addled,Mart. 6, 93.
* Subst.: ăbortīvum, i, n.
* An abortion, Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 150; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 8 al.
* (Sc. medicamentum.) A means of procuring abortion = abiga, Juv. 6, 368.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary