obiectum

== Latin == === Etymology === A substantivization of obiectus (“"cast towards", presented, exposed; "cast against", opposed”), itself the perfect passive participle of obiciō (“I throw towards or against; I expose/offer/present”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔbˈjɛk.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈjɛk.tum] === Noun === obiectum n (genitive obiectī); second declension (that which has been "cast toward", i.e. that which has been "presented or exposed"): an object. (that which has been "cast against"): an accusation, a charge. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “obiectum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.