ăbortus, ūs, m. (abortum, i, n., Dig. 29, 2, 30; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 29 Müll.) [aborior], an abortion, miscarriage.
I Lit.: dicam abortum esse, Ter. Hec. 398: 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.