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) IPA^(key): /obˈi̯ek.tum/, [ɔbˈi̯ɛkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈjek.tum/, [obˈjɛkt̪um]

Noun

obiectum 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

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
Italian: oggetto
Norman: objet
Portuguese: objeto
Romanian: obiect
Russian: объект (obʺjekt)
Spanish: objeto

References

obiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse