deiectio

Latin

Alternative forms

• dējectiō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-kt

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder.

Latin iaciō

Latin dēiciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dēiectiō

From dēiciō + -tiō.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dēiectiō f (genitive dēiectiōnis); third declension

1. ejection (from land), eviction
2. purging
3. degradation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēiectiō	dēiectiōnēs
genitive	dēiectiōnis	dēiectiōnum
dative	dēiectiōnī	dēiectiōnibus
accusative	dēiectiōnem	dēiectiōnēs
ablative	dēiectiōne	dēiectiōnibus
vocative	dēiectiō	dēiectiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: dejecció
• English: dejection
• French: déjection
• Spanish: deyección

References

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