obiectus Latin · revision 33287

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=ine-pro *(H)ieh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɔbˈjɛk.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [obˈjɛk.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''obiectus''' ''m'' (genitive obiectūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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

+ It occurs mostly in the ablative ''obiectū''; the accusative ''obiectum'' is found only in Lucretius and a few late authors.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|obiciō|-tus|t1=to throw in the way]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) [[m|la|obiciō]] is a compound of [[m|la|ob-]] and [[m|la|iaciō|t=to throw]],^(de Vaan 2008) 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) Cognate with [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, let go, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Lucretius,^(Köbler 2010) who speaks of the holding up of a shield, ''dare obiectum parmai''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the act of placing something in the way, an interposition:^(OLD 2012) Cicero, in the ''De re publica'', speaks of something that by mutual interposition makes shadow and night.^(OLD 2012) In concrete use it is the thing placed in the way, a barrier, as in Caesar's ''plutei obiectū'', by the barrier of a mantlet.^(OLD 2012) Virgil has an island forming a harbour by the barrier of its sides.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is mostly poetic and post-Augustan.^(Lewis & Short 1879) An inscription has it as a charge, an accusation,^(OLD 2012) and in medieval Latin it means an accusation or an objection.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin uses it for an obstacle, an appearance or a sight.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius, of holding up a shield.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of an interposition causing shadow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of a barrier of mantlets.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Medieval Latin – An accusation, an objection.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of placing something in the way, [[m|en|interposition]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Something placed in the way, a [[m|en|barrier]], [[m|en|obstacle]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # A charge, [[m|en|accusation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' An [[m|en|objection]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[obiciō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The perfect passive participle of [[obiciō]] has the same spelling, ''obiectus, -a, -um'', “thrown in the way, exposed”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}