noun

dējectĭo

gen. dējectōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a throwing; casting down; out

a throwing or casting down or out (rare).

no •

Lit. (acc. to deicio no. 1 A. and B.): imaginum, Nazar. Pan. Const. 12, 2.—

especially

medical term •

Medic. t. t.: alvi, a purging, Cels. 1, 3; 2, 7 al.: dejectio alone, Sen. Ep. 120, 16.—

ejection, a turning out of possession

Esp., legal t. t., ejection, a turning out of possession: qui illam vim dejectionemque fecerit, * Cic. Caecin. 20, 57; Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 34.—

depressions

(Acc. to dejectus, P. a. no. I.) Altitudines stellarum et dejectiones, depressions, Firmic. Math. 2, 3.—

figuratively •

Trop.: gradūs dejectio, degradation, Dig. 49, 16, 3: populi nostri, Vulg. 1 Mac. 3, 43.—(Sen. Q. N. 2, 59, 11, defectione is prob. the true reading.)

Perseus ID: n12825 Key: dejectio