obiectum

Latin

Etymology

A 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈi̯ek.tum/, [ɔbˈi̯ɛkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈjek.tum/, [obˈjɛkt̪um]

Noun

obiectum n (genitive obiectī); second declension

1. (that which has been "cast toward", i.e. that which has been "presented or exposed"): an object.
2. (that which has been "cast against"): an accusation, a charge.

Declension

Second-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

• Catalan: objecte
• English: object
• → French: objet
  • Turkish: obje
• → Galician: obxecto (learned); → ouxeto (semi-learned)
• Italian: oggetto
• Norman: objet
• Portuguese: objeto
• Romanian: obiect
• Russian: объе́кт (obʺjékt)
• Spanish: objeto

References

• 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