LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

trāiectōria

trāiectōria f (genitive trāiectōriae)

Meaning

  1. New Latintrajectory
    Datis umbilico et axibus transversis describere Trajectorias Ellipticas et Hyperbolicas, quae transibunt per puncta data, et rectas positione datas contingent.Translation by Andrew Motte From a focus and the principal axes given, to describe elliptic and hyperbolic trajectories, which shall pass through given points, and touch right lines given by position1687, Isaac Newton, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica 1.4 (Prop. XVIII. Prob. X.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrāiectōriatrāiectōriae
genitivetrāiectōriaetrāiectōriārum
dativetrāiectōriaetrāiectōriīs
accusativetrāiectōriamtrāiectōriās
ablativetrāiectōriātrāiectōriīs
vocativetrāiectōriatrāiectōriae

Origins

From the feminine of trāicio + -tōrius.

Descendants
  • Englishtrajectory
  • Frenchtrajectoire
  • Portuguesetrajetória
  • Catalantrajectòria
  • Spanishtrayectoria
  • Italiantraiettoria

In English words that came into English from trāiectōria

  • trajectorytrāiectōria

Quick answers

What does trāiectōria mean in Latin?
trāiectōria, a noun, means “trajectory”.
What is the genitive of trāiectōria?
The genitive singular is trāiectōriae. trāiectōria is feminine, first declension.