coniectus

coniectus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti
Proto-Italic *jīkjō
Proto-Italic *jakjōder.
Latin iaciō
Latin coniciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin coniectus

    From coniciō (“bring together, connect; prophesy; conclude”) + -tus (“suffix forming fourth declension action nouns from verbs”).

    Noun

    coniectus m (genitive coniectūs); fourth declension

    1. a throwing together
    2. a crowding, connecting or uniting together
    3. a confluence, concourse; crowd, pile
    4. a projecting, hurling
    5. (figuratively, of the eyes or mind) turning, directing
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative coniectus coniectūs
    genitive coniectūs coniectuum
    dative coniectuī coniectibus
    accusative coniectum coniectūs
    ablative coniectū coniectibus
    vocative coniectus coniectūs

    Etymology 2

    Perfect passive participle of coniciō (“bring together, connect; prophesy; conclude”).

    Participle

    coniectus (feminine coniecta, neuter coniectum); first/second-declension participle

    1. thrown, brought together, united, connected, having been brought together
    2. dispatched, assigned, having been dispatched
    3. urged, pressed, having been urged
    4. prophesied, foretold, having been foretold
    5. concluded, guessed, having been concluded
    6. disputed, discussed, having been discussed
    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative coniectus coniecta coniectum coniectī coniectae coniecta
    genitive coniectī coniectae coniectī coniectōrum coniectārum coniectōrum
    dative coniectō coniectae coniectō coniectīs
    accusative coniectum coniectam coniectum coniectōs coniectās coniecta
    ablative coniectō coniectā coniectō coniectīs
    vocative coniecte coniecta coniectum coniectī coniectae coniecta

    References

    • “coniectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “coniectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
      • to come within javelin-range: ad teli coniectum venire (Liv. 2. 31)
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