abiectio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈi̯ek.ti.oː/, [äbˈi̯ɛkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈjek.t͡si.o/, [äbˈjɛkt̪͡s̪io]

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

Related terms

• abiciō
• abiectus

Descendants

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

References

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