abiectio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈjɛk.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈjɛk.t͡si.o]

Noun

abiectiō f (genitive abiectiōnis); third declension

1. throwing away or rejecting
2. dejection, despondency
3. outcast

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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
• Padanian:
  • Romagnol: abieziôn
• Italian: abiezione
• Occitan: abjeccion
• → Portuguese: abjeção
• → Romanian: abjecție
• Spanish: abyección

References

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