prōjectus
Meaning
- a jutting out
prōjectus, ūs (only in
I. abl. sing.), m. proicio, a jutting out, projecting, projection (very rare):
corporis, Lucr. 3, 987: frondis, Plin. 17, 11, 19, § 92.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
prōiectus adj.
P. of proicio, stretched out, extended, jutting out, projecting : urbs in altum: saxa, V.— Prostrate, outstretched : ego in antro, V. —Fig., prominent, conspicuous : audacia: cupiditas.— Inclined, addicted, prone : homo ad audendum.— Abject, mean, base, contemptible : consulare imperium, L.: proiectā vilior algā, V.— Downcast : voltus, Ta.—As subst m. : Vix duo proiecto tulistis opem, to the castaway , O.