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Latin
Etymology
A substantivization of obiectus (“"cast towards", presented, exposed; "cast against", opposed”), itself the perfect passive participle of obiciō (“I throw towards or against; I expose/offer/present”).
Pronunciation
Noun
obiectum n (genitive obiectī); second declension
- (that which has been "cast toward", i.e. that which has been "presented or exposed"): an object.
- (that which has been "cast against"): an accusation, a charge.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
References
- obiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse