reiectus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of reiciō (“to throw back; repel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛjˈjɛk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [reˈjɛk.tus]

Participle

reiectus (feminine reiecta, neuter reiectum); first/second-declension participle

1. thrown/flung back, having been thrown back or flung back
2. driven back, repelled, having been driven back or repelled
3. (figuratively) rejected, having been rejected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	reiectus	reiecta	reiectum		reiectī	reiectae	reiecta
genitive	reiectī	reiectae	reiectī		reiectōrum	reiectārum	reiectōrum
dative	reiectō	reiectae	reiectō		reiectīs
accusative	reiectum	reiectam	reiectum		reiectōs	reiectās	reiecta
ablative	reiectō	reiectā	reiectō		reiectīs
vocative	reiecte	reiecta	reiectum		reiectī	reiectae	reiecta

References

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