traiectio

Latin

Alternative forms

• trājectiō

Etymology

From trāiciō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /traːˈi̯ek.ti.oː/, [t̪räːˈi̯ɛkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /traˈjek.t͡si.o/, [t̪räˈjɛkt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

trāiectiō f (genitive trāiectiōnis); third declension

1. (literally) a crossing over, passing over, passage

   trāiectiōnēs mōtūsque stēllārum ― crossings 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 alium ― a 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.