abiectio
Latin
Etymology
From abiciō (“throw away or down; abandon”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /abˈjek.ti.oː/, [abˈjɛk.ti.oː]
Noun
abiectiō f (genitive abiectiōnis); third declension
- throwing away or rejecting
- dejection, despondency
- outcast
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abiectiō | abiectiōnēs |
| Genitive | abiectiōnis | abiectiōnum |
| Dative | abiectiōnī | abiectiōnibus |
| Accusative | abiectiōnem | abiectiōnēs |
| Ablative | abiectiōne | abiectiōnibus |
| Vocative | abiectiō | abiectiōnēs |
Related terms
- abiciō
- abiectus
Descendants
- Catalan: abjecció
- English: abjection
- Occitan: abjeccion
- Portuguese: abjeção
- Spanish: abyección
References
- abiectio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers