traiectio

traiectio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From trāiciō + -tiō.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    trāiectiō f (genitive trāiectiōnis); third declension

    1. (literally) a crossing over, passing over, passage
      trāiectiōnēs mōtūsque stēllārumcrossings over and motions of the stars
    2. (figuratively, of language):
      1. a transposition (of words), hyperbaton
      2. exaggeration, hyperbole
      3. a throwing or putting off upon another
        trāiectiō in aliuma passing [of a responsibility] to another

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative trāiectiō trāiectiōnēs
    genitive trāiectiōnis trāiectiōnum
    dative trāiectiōnī trāiectiōnibus
    accusative trāiectiōnem trāiectiōnēs
    ablative trāiectiōne trāiectiōnibus
    vocative trāiectiō trāiectiōnēs

    Descendants

    • English: trajection

    References

    • trājectĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • traiectio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • trājectĭo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,590/2.