abiecto

Latin

Alternative forms

• abjectō

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈjɛk.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈjɛk.to]

Verb

abiectō (present infinitive abiectāre, perfect active abiectāvī, supine abiectātum); first conjugation

1. to abandon
2. to debase
3. to humble
4. to sell too cheaply
5. to slight
6. to throw, cast away, cast down, cast aside
   • 1821, Gabriel Brotier, Supplementa Annalium, Libri Quinti, page 28:

     huic a Considio, prætura functo, abjectabatur

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of abiectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abiectō		abiectās		abiectat		abiectāmus		abiectātis		abiectant
	imperfect	abiectābam		abiectābās		abiectābat		abiectābāmus		abiectābātis		abiectābant
	future	abiectābō		abiectābis		abiectābit		abiectābimus		abiectābitis		abiectābunt
	perfect	abiectāvī		abiectāvistī		abiectāvit		abiectāvimus		abiectāvistis		abiectāvērunt, abiectāvēre
	pluperfect	abiectāveram		abiectāverās		abiectāverat		abiectāverāmus		abiectāverātis		abiectāverant
	future perfect	abiectāverō		abiectāveris		abiectāverit		abiectāverimus		abiectāveritis		abiectāverint
passive	present	abiector		abiectāris, abiectāre		abiectātur		abiectāmur		abiectāminī		abiectantur
	imperfect	abiectābar		abiectābāris, abiectābāre		abiectābātur		abiectābāmur		abiectābāminī		abiectābantur
	future	abiectābor		abiectāberis, abiectābere		abiectābitur		abiectābimur		abiectābiminī		abiectābuntur
	perfect	abiectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	abiectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	abiectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	abiectem		abiectēs		abiectet		abiectēmus		abiectētis		abiectent
	imperfect	abiectārem		abiectārēs		abiectāret		abiectārēmus		abiectārētis		abiectārent
	perfect	abiectāverim		abiectāverīs		abiectāverit		abiectāverīmus		abiectāverītis		abiectāverint
	pluperfect	abiectāvissem		abiectāvissēs		abiectāvisset		abiectāvissēmus		abiectāvissētis		abiectāvissent
passive	present	abiecter		abiectēris, abiectēre		abiectētur		abiectēmur		abiectēminī		abiectentur
	imperfect	abiectārer		abiectārēris, abiectārēre		abiectārētur		abiectārēmur		abiectārēminī		abiectārentur
	perfect	abiectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	abiectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		abiectā		—		—		abiectāte		—
	future	—		abiectātō		abiectātō		—		abiectātōte		abiectantō
passive	present	—		abiectāre		—		—		abiectāminī		—
	future	—		abiectātor		abiectātor		—		—		abiectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		abiectāre			abiectārī			abiectāns			—
future		abiectātūrum esse			abiectātum īrī			abiectātūrus			abiectandus
perfect		abiectāvisse			abiectātum esse			—			abiectātus
future perfect		—			abiectātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		abiectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		abiectandī		abiectandō		abiectandum		abiectandō		abiectātum		abiectātū

Synonyms

• (cast away): abiciō

Related terms

• abiciō
• abiectē
• abiectiō
• abiectus

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)