subiectum

Latin

Etymology 1

From subiciō (“throw under or near; supply; forge; subject; propose”).

Noun

subiectum n (genitive subiectī); second declension

1. That which is spoken of; the foundation or subject of a proposition.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	subiectum	subiecta
Genitive	subiectī	subiectōrum
Dative	subiectō	subiectīs
Accusative	subiectum	subiecta
Ablative	subiectō	subiectīs
Vocative	subiectum	subiecta

Descendants

• Catalan: subjecte
• English: subject
• French: sujet
• German: Subjekt
• Italian: soggetto
• Norman: sujet
• Piedmontese: soget
• Portuguese: sujeito
• Romanian: subiect
• Russian: субъект (subʺjekt)
• Spanish: sujeto, subjeto

Verb

subiectum

1. accusative supine of subiciō

Etymology 2

Inflected form of subiectus, -ūs (“laying under”).

Noun

subiectum

1. accusative singular of subiectus

Etymology 3

Inflected form of subiectus, -a, -um (“thrown under or near, adjacent; supplied; forged; subjected; proposed”).

Participle

subiectum

1. inflection of subiectus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• “subiectum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• subiectum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) the town lies at the foot of a mountain: oppidum monti subiectum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)