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The corpus record — Latin

objectus2

objectus2 · P. a

Part. and P. a., from obicio

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. objectus — Lewis & Short

objectus, a, um, P. a., from obicio.

Part. and

2. objectus — Lewis & Short

objectus, ūs, m.obicio,

I a casting before, a putting against, in the way, or opposite, an opposing; or, neutr., a lying before or opposite (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): dare objectum parmaï, the opposing of the shield, * Lucr. 4, 847: vestis, Col. 3, 19: insula portum Efficit objectu laterum, by the opposition, Verg. A. 1, 160: cum terga flumine, latera objectu paludis tegerentur, Tac. H. 3, 9: molis, id. ib. 5, 14: regiones, quae Tauri montis objectu separantur, Gell. 12, 13, 27: solem interventu lunae occultari, lunamque terrae objectu, the interposition, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; cf.: eademque (terra) objectu suo umbram noctemque efficiat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 243, 13 dub. (al. objecta soli): hi molium objectus (i. e. moles objectas) scandere, the projection, Tac. A. 14, 8.—
II Transf., that which presents itself to the sight, an object, appearance, sight, spectacle, Nep. Hann. 5, 2 (al. objecto).

In the wild

6 of 76 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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