deiectus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of dēiciō (“to cast away, to throw down”).

Pronunciation

Participle

dēiectus (feminine dēiecta, neuter dēiectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. downcast, dismayed, dejected, cast down, thrown down
  2. drooping, hanging
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēiectus dēiecta dēiectum dēiectī dēiectae dēiecta
genitive dēiectī dēiectae dēiectī dēiectōrum dēiectārum dēiectōrum
dative dēiectō dēiectae dēiectō dēiectīs
accusative dēiectum dēiectam dēiectum dēiectōs dēiectās dēiecta
ablative dēiectō dēiectā dēiectō dēiectīs
vocative dēiecte dēiecta dēiectum dēiectī dēiectae dēiecta

Etymology 2

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 *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin dēiectus

    From dēiciō (“to cast away, to throw down”) + -tus (forming action nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    dēiectus m (genitive dēiectūs); fourth declension

    1. a throwing down
    2. that which is thrown down
    3. declivity, descent
    4. a lowering of the voice
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative dēiectus dēiectūs
    genitive dēiectūs dēiectuum
    dative dēiectuī dēiectibus
    accusative dēiectum dēiectūs
    ablative dēiectū dēiectibus
    vocative dēiectus dēiectūs

    References

    • “dējectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “dējectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “dēiectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “dēiectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “dējectus / dējectŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • deiectus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • deposed from one's high position: de principatu deiectus (B. G. 7. 63)
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