LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

trāiectus

trāiectus m (genitive trāiectūs)
Classical[traːˈjɛk.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[traˈjɛk.tus]

Meaning

  1. crossing, passage

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetrāiectustrāiectūs
genitivetrāiectūstrāiectuum
dativetrāiectuītrāiectibus
accusativetrāiectumtrāiectūs
ablativetrāiectūtrāiectibus
vocativetrāiectustrāiectūs

trājectus, a, um, Part. of traicio.
trājectus (in Cæs. transjectus), ūs, m. traicio.
I. Abstr., a crossing or passing over, passage (class., but not in Cic., who uses instead trajectio): transjectus in Britanniam, Caes. B. G. 5, 2; 4, 21; id. B. C. 2, 20: in trajectu Albulae amnis submersus, Liv. 1, 3, 8; 35, 51, 1: tempestate in trajectu bis conflictatus, Suet. Aug. 17.—
II. Concr., a place for passing over, a passage: legiones et auxilia mittit ad trajectum, Auct. B. Alex. 56, 5; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 98.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin trāiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin trāiectus From trāiciō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Italiantragetto
  • Romaniantreaptă
  • Romaniantraiect
  • Catalantrajecte
  • Englishtraject
  • Frenchtrajet
  • Portuguesetrajeto
  • Spanishtrayecto
  • DutchUtrecht
  • Dutchtraject

Quick answers

What does trāiectus mean in Latin?
trāiectus, a noun, means “crossing, passage”.
What is the genitive of trāiectus?
The genitive singular is trāiectūs. trāiectus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce trāiectus?
In classical Latin, [traːˈjɛk.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [traˈjɛk.tus].