traiectus

Latin

Alternative forms

• trājectus

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of trāiciō.

Pronunciation

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

Participle

trāiectus (feminine trāiecta, neuter trāiectum); first/second-declension participle

1. thrown or hurled (over)
2. transferred
3. transfixed
4. pierced
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.25:

     scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit

     He was pierced and killed on the right side by a scorpion and fell

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	trāiectus	trāiecta	trāiectum		trāiectī	trāiectae	trāiecta
genitive	trāiectī	trāiectae	trāiectī		trāiectōrum	trāiectārum	trāiectōrum
dative	trāiectō	trāiectae	trāiectō		trāiectīs
accusative	trāiectum	trāiectam	trāiectum		trāiectōs	trāiectās	trāiecta
ablative	trāiectō	trāiectā	trāiectō		trāiectīs
vocative	trāiecte	trāiecta	trāiectum		trāiectī	trāiectae	trāiecta

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-kt

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

Latin iaciō

Latin trāiciō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin trāiectus

From trāiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

• trāiectus:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traːˈjɛk.tʊs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [traˈjɛk.tus]
• trāiectus:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [traːˈjɛk.tʊs]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [traˈjɛk.tus]

Noun

trāiectus m (genitive trāiectūs); fourth declension

1. crossing, passage

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	trāiectus	trāiectūs
genitive	trāiectūs	trāiectuum
dative	trāiectuī	trāiectibus
accusative	trāiectum	trāiectūs
ablative	trāiectū	trāiectibus
vocative	trāiectus	trāiectūs

Derived terms

• Traiectum
• Traiectum ad Rhenum
• Ultraiectum

Descendants

• Dutch: Utrecht
• Dutch: traject
• Asturian: trayeutu
• Italian: tragetto
• Romanian: treaptă
• Romanian: traiect
• Catalan: trajecte
• English: traject
• French: trajet
• Portuguese: trajeto
• Spanish: trayecto

References

• “trājectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trājectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trāiectus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trāiectus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trājectus / trājectŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.