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Latin
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
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:
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References
- abiecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)