obiectum
Latin
editEtymology
editA substantivization of obiectus (“"cast towards", presented, exposed; "cast against", opposed”), itself the perfect passive participle of obiciō (“I throw towards or against; I expose/offer/present”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈi̯ek.tum/, [ɔbˈi̯ɛkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈjek.tum/, [obˈjɛkt̪um]
Noun
editobiectum n (genitive obiectī); second declension
- (that which has been "cast toward", i.e. that which has been "presented or exposed"): an object.
- (that which has been "cast against"): an accusation, a charge.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | obiectum | obiecta |
Genitive | obiectī | obiectōrum |
Dative | obiectō | obiectīs |
Accusative | obiectum | obiecta |
Ablative | obiectō | obiectīs |
Vocative | obiectum | obiecta |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- obiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse