abiectus adj. with comp. P. of abicio, low, crouching: in herbis olor, i. e. dying, O.

—Fig., of speech, low, common, without elevation: verba.

— Of rank or station, low, common, mean: familia abiecta atque obscura.

—Cast down, dispirited, despondent: apparitor: abiecto Bruto (pecuniam) muneri misit, as a gift to Brutus in his distress, N.: animus abiectior: abiectiores animi.

— Contemptible, vile, low: abiecti homines ac perditi.