Latin

Alternative forms

• abjectō

Verb

abiectō ‎(present infinitive abiectāre, perfect active abiectāvī, supine abiectātum); first conjugation

1. I abandon.
2. I debase.
3. I humble.
4. I sell too cheaply.
5. I slight.
6. I throw, cast away, cast down, cast aside.
   • 1821, Gabriel Brotier, Supplementa Annalium, Libri Quinti, page 28

     huic a Considio, prætura functo, abjectabatur

Inflection

Synonyms

• (cast away): abiciō

Related terms

• abiciō
• abiectē
• abiectiō
• abiectus

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “abiecto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)