abiectus Latin · revision 32607

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *(H)ieh₁-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''abiectus''' (feminine abiecta, neuter abiectum; comparative abiectior, superlative abiectissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also spelled ''abjectus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the past participle [[der|la|abiciō|t=to throw away, throw down]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|abiciō]] is a compound of [[m|la|iaciō|t=to throw]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*jak-i-|t=to throw]] and [[ine-pro|*(H)ieh₁-|t=to throw, let go]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest quotation is from Accius, who has it beside words for crushed and lifeless.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is downcast, dejected, and humble or undistinguished: Cicero speaks of a family humble and obscure called out of darkness into light.^(OLD 2012) Of things it is unimportant, and of speech or language commonplace, low: Cicero says that a speaker's words were not ornate but not mean either.^(OLD 2012) Morally it is base and despicable, and grovelling: Cicero asks what attendant was ever so lowly, so servile.^(OLD 2012) Christian writers use it of one cast off by the world.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius of a dejected man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a humble family, of mean language and of servility.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|dejected|alt=Dejected]], downcast.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Humble, undistinguished; unimportant; of language, commonplace, low.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|base|alt=Base]], mean, [[m|en|despicable]]; grovelling, [[m|en|servile]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abicio|alt=abiciō]]

+ * [[iacio|alt=iaciō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}