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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀτόκιον (atókion, “contraceptive”) or ἀτοκεῖον (atokeîon).
Pronunciation
Noun
atocium n (genitive atociī or atocī); second declension
- contraceptive
- 79, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia Book 29 Chapter 28:
- Quam solam ex omni atocio dixisse fas sit.
- And, indeed, it is the only one of all the contraceptives that I feel myself at liberty to mention.
2016, Pope Francis, Amoris laetitia, Vatican:[…] ob conscientiae dignitatis amorem Ecclesia omnibus viribus Statum cogentem reicit, qui fovet atocium, sterilitatis inductionem, immo vel abortum.- for the sake of this dignity of conscience, the Church strongly rejects the forced State intervention in favour of contraception, sterilization and even abortion.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).