abiectus

Latin

Alternative forms

• abjectus

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abiciō (“throw away or down; abandon; overthrow; humble”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Participle

abiectus (feminine abiecta, neuter abiectum, comparative abiectior, superlative abiectissimus, adverb abiectē); first/second-declension participle

1. thrown or cast aside, down or away, having been thrown away
2. given up, abandoned, degraded, having been abandoned
3. overthrown, having been overthrown
4. (by extension) humble, low, crouched; subservient

   Synonyms: modicus, dēmissus

5. (by extension) base, sordid

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	abiectus	abiecta	abiectum		abiectī	abiectae	abiecta
genitive	abiectī	abiectae	abiectī		abiectōrum	abiectārum	abiectōrum
dative	abiectō	abiectae	abiectō		abiectīs
accusative	abiectum	abiectam	abiectum		abiectōs	abiectās	abiecta
ablative	abiectō	abiectā	abiectō		abiectīs
vocative	abiecte	abiecta	abiectum		abiectī	abiectae	abiecta

Descendants

• Italian: abietto, abbietto
• French: abject
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt (etymology 1)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt (etymology 2)

References

• “abiectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “abjectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press