subiectum

Latin

Etymology 1

From subiciō (throw under or near; supply; forge; subject; propose).

Noun

subiectum n (genitive subiectī); second declension

  1. That which is spoken of; the foundation or subject of a proposition.
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative subiectum subiecta
genitive subiectī subiectōrum
dative subiectō subiectīs
accusative subiectum subiecta
ablative subiectō subiectīs
vocative subiectum subiecta
Descendants
  • Catalan: subjecte
  • English: subject
  • French: sujet
  • German: Subjekt
  • Italian: soggetto
  • Norman: sujet
  • Piedmontese: soget
  • Portuguese: sujeito
  • Romanian: subiect
  • Russian: субъект (subʺjekt)
  • Spanish: sujeto, subjeto

Verb

subiectum

  1. accusative supine of subiciō

Etymology 2

Inflected form of subiectus, -ūs (laying under).

Noun

subiectum

  1. accusative singular of subiectus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of subiectus, -a, -um (thrown under or near, adjacent; supplied; forged; subjected; proposed).

Participle

subiectum

  1. inflection of subiectus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  • subiectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est
    • (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
    • (ambiguous) to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
    • (ambiguous) to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)