abiectus

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect) thrown or cast aside, down or away, having been thrown away
  2. (declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect) given up, abandoned, degraded, having been abandoned
  3. (declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect) overthrown, having been overthrown
  4. (broadly, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect) humble, low, crouched; subservient
  5. (broadly, declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect) base, sordid

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of abiciō (“throw away or down; abandon; overthrow; humble”), from ab (“from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

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