partus

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin partus (“birth, delivery”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpartus/ [ˈpar.t̪ʊs]
• Rhymes: -artus
• Syllabification: par‧tus

Noun

partus (plural partus-partus)

1. (obstetrics, technical) childbirth, parturition (the fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy)

   Synonyms: kelahiran, (technical) parturisi, persalinan

Related terms

• parturisi

Further reading

• “partus”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.tus]

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of pariō (“to bring forth, give birth”).

Participle

partus (feminine parta, neuter partum); first/second-declension participle

1. born, given birth to, having been born
2. gained, acquired, secured, won; having been gained, etc.
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.578:

     “‘[...] partōque ībit rēgīna triumphō [...].’”

     “‘[Incredibly, Helen] will go [as] a queen, and [even as if she] had gained a triumph?’”
     (An expression of surprise or indignation posed as a question.)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	partus	parta	partum		partī	partae	parta
genitive	partī	partae	partī		partōrum	partārum	partōrum
dative	partō	partae	partō		partīs
accusative	partum	partam	partum		partōs	partās	parta
ablative	partō	partā	partō		partīs
vocative	parte	parta	partum		partī	partae	parta

Etymology 2

From pariō (“to bring forth, give birth (to)”) +‎ -tus.

Noun

partus m (genitive partūs); fourth declension

1. a bearing, childbearing, parturition
2. a birth, delivery
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.3:

     spem partus adimit

     [ Amulius ] deprived [ Rea Silvia ] of the hope of delivery

3. young, offspring

   Synonyms: stirps, stirpis, prōlēs

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	partus	partūs
genitive	partūs partuīs partī	partuum
dative	partuī partū	partibus partubus
accusative	partum	partūs
ablative	partū	partibus partubus
vocative	partus	partūs

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: part
• French: part
• Friulian: part
• Italian: parto
• Portuguese: parto
• Spanish: parto
• Venetan: part
• →⇒ English: postpartum

References

• “partus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “partus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "partus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “partus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • as if the victory were already won: sicut parta iam atque explorata victoria
    
  • (ambiguous) as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • (ambiguous) as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)
    
  • (ambiguous) from every point of view; looked at in every light: omni ex parte; in omni genere; omnibus rebus
    
  • (ambiguous) to a certain extent: aliqua ex parte