disiectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of disicere (“to scatter, to disperse”)

Participle

disiectus (feminine disiecta, neuter disiectum); first/second-declension participle

1. (having been) dispersed; scattered; strewn; torn, driven or thrown apart; broken up
2. military: having dispersed, scattered, or routed the opposition
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.128–129:

     Disiectam Aenēae, tōtō videt aequore classem,
     flūctibus oppressōs Trōas caelīque ruīnā.

     [Neptune] sees Aeneas’ fleet scattered ’cross the sea, Trojans overwhelmed by waves and the ruin of heaven.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	disiectus	disiecta	disiectum		disiectī	disiectae	disiecta
genitive	disiectī	disiectae	disiectī		disiectōrum	disiectārum	disiectōrum
dative	disiectō	disiectae	disiectō		disiectīs
accusative	disiectum	disiectam	disiectum		disiectōs	disiectās	disiecta
ablative	disiectō	disiectā	disiectō		disiectīs
vocative	disiecte	disiecta	disiectum		disiectī	disiectae	disiecta

References

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