abiecto
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From abiectus, perfect passive participle of abiciō (“throw or hurl down or away”), from ab- (“from, down or away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [abˈjɛk.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈjɛk.t̪o]
Verb
abiectō (present infinitive abiectāre, perfect active abiectāvī, supine abiectātum); first conjugation
- to abandon
- to debase
- to humble
- to sell too cheaply
- to slight
- to throw, cast away, cast down, cast aside
- 1821, Gabriel Brotier, Supplementa Annalium, Libri Quinti, page 28:
- huic a Considio, prætura functo, abjectabatur
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of abiectō (first conjugation)
Synonyms
- (cast away): abiciō
Related terms
References
- abiecto 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 cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)
- to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)