dejectus
φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει → poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) dējectus,¹⁴ a, um,
1 part. de dejicio
2 adjt ; a) bas, en contrebas : dejecta loca Cæs. C. 1, 46, 3, lieux en contre-bas ; b) abattu, découragé : Virg. En. 10, 858 ; Quint. 9, 4, 138.
(2) dējectŭs,¹³ ūs, m.,
1 action de jeter à bas : arborum Liv. 9, 2, 9, abatis d’arbres ; aquæ Sen. Ep. 56, 3, chute d’eau ; [fig.] Ira 3, 1, 5 ; dejectus fluminum Sen. Marc. 18, 4, les cours précipités des fleuves || action de jeter une couverture sur : Stat. Th. 4, 272
2 forte pente : Cæs. G. 2, 8, 3 ; Plin. 2, 172
3 abaissement [de la voix ; grec θέσις : Fulg. Myth. 3, 9.
Latin > English
dejectus dejecta, dejectum ADJ :: downcast/dismayed/subdued/dejected; drooping/hanging/sunk/cast down; low lying
dejectus dejectus dejectus N M :: slope, sloping surface, declivity; act of throwing/causing to fall/felling
