abiectus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === abjectus === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of abiciō (“throw away or down; abandon; overthrow; humble”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”). === Participle === abiectus (feminine abiecta, neuter abiectum, comparative abiectior, superlative abiectissimus, adverb abiectē); first/second-declension participle thrown or cast aside, down or away, having been thrown away given up, abandoned, degraded, having been abandoned overthrown, having been overthrown (by extension) humble, low, crouched; subservient Synonyms: modicus, dēmissus (by extension) base, sordid ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: abietto, abbietto French: abject → Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt (etymology 1) → Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt (etymology 2) === References === “abiectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “abjectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press