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).

	singular	plural
nominative	obiectum	obiecta
genitive	obiectī	obiectōrum
dative	obiectō	obiectīs
accusative	obiectum	obiecta
ablative	obiectō	obiectīs
vocative	obiectum	obiecta

Descendants

Catalan: objecte
English: object
→ French: objet
- Turkish: obje
→ Galician: obxecto (learned); → ouxeto (semi-learned)
Italian: oggetto
Norman: objet
Portuguese: objeto
Romanian: obiect
Russian: объе́кт (obʺjékt)
Spanish: objeto

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.
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse