partus

1.

partus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from 2. pario.

2.

partus, ūs ( gen. parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 6:

partuis,

Varr. ib. 8; dat. sing. partu, Prop. 1, 13, 30; dat. plur. partibus, App. M. 9, 33), m. [2. pario], a bearing, bringing forth, birth (equally common in the sing. and plur.).

I.

In abstr.: propinquitas parti, Pac. ap. Non. 486, 6:

cum esset gravida Auria, et jam appropinquare partus putaretur,

Cic. Clu. 11, 31; cf. Ov. M. 9, 673:

antequam veniret partus ejus, peperit,

the time for bearing, Vulg. Isa. 66, 7:

Diana adhibetur ad partus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69:

maturos aperire partus Lenis,

Hor. C. S. 13:

partūs discrimen subire,

Juv. 6, 592: (Dejanira) Oenei partu edita, begotten, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 8, 20.—

B.

Trop.:

et Graeciae quidem oratorum partus atque fontes vides,

i. e. beginnings, Cic. Brut. 13, 49.—

II.

In concr., the young or offspring of any creature, the fœtus or embryo:

bestiae pro suo partu propugnant,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 79:

Veneri partus suus,

Verg. A. 7, 321:

partus Missos ad Orcum,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 40:

tanti partus equae constat,

Juv. 6, 626:

partum ferre,

i. e. to be pregnant, Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 112; so,

partum gerere,

id. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

partum eniti,

to bear, bring forth, id. 7, 3, 3, § 34:

partum edere,

id. 7, 3, 3, § 35:

partum reddere,

id. 10, 12, 15, § 32:

partum abigere,

to cause abortion, id. 14, 18, 22, § 116:

partum eicere,

id. 24, 6, 20, § 30:

partum mortuum pellere,

id. 22, 21, 26, § 54:

partum trahere,

id. 20, 8, 30, § 74:

partus gravidarum extorquere tormentis,

Flor. 3, 4.—Leg. maxim:

partus sequitur ventrem,

Gai. Inst. 1, 78; Ulp. Fragm. 5, 9. —Of plants, Varr. R. R. 1, 8 fin.; Col. 3, 10, 16; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 13.—

B.

Trop.:

neque concipere aut edere partum mens potest, nisi, etc.,

Petr. 118.

3.

partus, gen., from pars, v. pars init.