abiectio

Latin

Etymology

From abiciō (throw away or down; abandon), from ab (from, away from) + iaciō (throw, hurl).

Pronunciation

Noun

abiectiō f (genitive abiectiōnis); third declension

  1. throwing away or rejecting
  2. dejection, despondency
  3. outcast

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abiectiō abiectiōnēs
Genitive abiectiōnis abiectiōnum
Dative abiectiōnī abiectiōnibus
Accusative abiectiōnem abiectiōnēs
Ablative abiectiōne abiectiōnibus
Vocative abiectiō abiectiōnēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: abjecció
  • English: abjection
  • French: abjection
  • Galician: abxección
  • Padanian:
  • Italian: abiezione
  • Occitan: abjeccion
  • Portuguese: abjeção
  • Romanian: abjecție
  • Spanish: abyección

References

  • abiectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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