obiectum

Latin

Etymology

From obiciō (“throw to; offer, present”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /obˈjek.tum/, [ɔbˈjɛk.tũ]

Noun

obiectum n (genitive obiectī); second declension

A charge, accusation.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	obiectum	obiecta
genitive	obiectī	obiectōrum
dative	obiectō	obiectīs
accusative	obiectum	obiecta
ablative	obiectō	obiectīs
vocative	obiectum	obiecta

Descendants

English: object
French: objet
Italian: oggetto
Norman: objet

Portuguese: objeto
Romanian: obiect
Russian: объект (obʺjekt)
Spanish: objeto

References

obiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be abandoned to fate: fortunae obiectum esse

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