traiectus
Latin
Alternative forms
- trajectus
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of trāiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /traːˈi̯ek.tus/, [t̪räːˈi̯ɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /traˈjek.tus/, [t̪räˈjɛkt̪us]
Participle
trāiectus (feminine trāiecta, neuter trāiectum); first/second-declension participle
- thrown or hurled (over)
- transferred
- transfixed
- pierced
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 25:
- scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit
- He was pierced and killed on the right side by a scorpion and fell
- scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | trāiectus | trāiecta | trāiectum | trāiectī | trāiectae | trāiecta | |
Genitive | trāiectī | trāiectae | trāiectī | trāiectōrum | trāiectārum | trāiectōrum | |
Dative | trāiectō | trāiectō | trāiectīs | ||||
Accusative | trāiectum | trāiectam | trāiectum | trāiectōs | trāiectās | trāiecta | |
Ablative | trāiectō | trāiectā | trāiectō | trāiectīs | |||
Vocative | trāiecte | trāiecta | trāiectum | trāiectī | trāiectae | trāiecta |
Noun
trāiectus m (genitive trāiectūs); fourth declension
- crossing, passage
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | trāiectus | trāiectūs |
Genitive | trāiectūs | trāiectuum |
Dative | trāiectuī | trāiectibus |
Accusative | trāiectum | trāiectūs |
Ablative | trāiectū | trāiectibus |
Vocative | trāiectus | trāiectūs |
Derived terms
- Traiectum
- Traiectum ad Rhenum
- Ultraiectum
Descendants
- Dutch: Utrecht
- Asturian: trayeutu
- Italian: tragetto
- Romanian: treaptă
- Catalan: trajecte
- English: traject
- French: trajet
- Portuguese: trajeto
- Spanish: trayecto
References
- “traiectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI