deiectus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈi̯ek.tus/, [d̪eːˈi̯ɛkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈjek.tus/, [d̪eˈjɛkt̪us]

From dēiciō (“I cast away, I throw [down]”).

dēiectus m (genitive dēiectūs); fourth declension

1. throw (or that which is thrown)
2. declivity, descent

Fourth-declension noun.

Perfect passive participle of dēiciō (“throw”).

dēiectus (feminine dēiecta, neuter dēiectum); first/second-declension participle

1. downcast, dismayed, dejected, cast down, thrown down
2. drooping, hanging

First/second-declension adjective.

• “deiectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deiectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • deposed from one's high position: de principatu deiectus (B. G. 7. 63)