objectus

objectus [CL] 1 (act of) throwing or putting before or in the way of, interposition (also partly fig.); b (w. ref. to barrier or shelter). ut caput vestrum, quod est Christus, ~u quodammodo corporis defendatis Gildas EB 95; prius illum [sc. solem] ejusdem terrae ~u cernere vetantur et post ocius amittere coguntur Bede TR 32; luna in sanguinem versa palam hominibus apparere non potuit, quae ‥ interdiu fuerat mortalium visibus ~u telluris occulta Id. Acts 949A; ~us, witsetnis GlC O 96; ager arcifinius cujus termini arcentur ~u fluminum et lapidum Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 32; nam ex ~u corporis ad lucem habent creari [tenebre] S. Langton Gl. Hist. Schol. 40.  b summoti hostes claustrorum muralium ~u salutem suam tutabantur W. Malm. GR IV 366; militem ‥ a leone invasum ~u clypei mortem aliquamdiu distulisse Ib. IV 373 p. 433. 2 (act of bringing forward as) charge, accusation, or (legal) impediment. ut ipse se sine ullo criminis ~u adjudicaret W. Malm. GP III 105; ejus [sc. regis Ludovici] uxorem primam ~u parentele separatam, vivente marito, dux Henricus duxit R. Niger Chr. II 167; ut nemini liceret Christianos sine ~u criminis aut probatione ‥ dampnare M. Par. Maj. I 121; s1299 sublato difficultatis et dilacionis ~u (Lit. Papae) Ann. Lond. 112; s1299 super consanguinitatis ~u papa dispensat (Chr. Bury) EHR LVIII 72; 1342 appellans ‥ a prosecucione appellacionis sue per excommunicacionis ~um ‥ nullatenus repelletur Conc. II 687a; forsan in hoc scrutinio reperiet se gravioris culpe ~u divina quam humana lege repulsam Fortescue NLN II 26. 3 objection, stating in opposition or defiance. dominus Johannes illud tenet et contrarios ~us dissolvit Ric. Armagh Unusq. 70; hec pauca sint dicta ad subtiles et altos ~us doctoris mei reverendi (Wycl.) Ziz. 474; respondendo tribus ~ibus declarat quomodo ‥ Wycl. Mand. Div. prol. 202; secundo obicitur quod dicta descripcio convenit cuilibet temporalium mercatori, et respondet declarando quod ~us tollitur per hoc quod symonia est inordinata volicio Id. Sim. 115.

1 objectus, a, um, part. p. de objicio.

2 objectŭs, (13) ūs, m. , action de mettre devant, dʼopposer, obstacle, barrière : dare objectum parmai [= æ ] Lucr. 4, 847, opposer lʼobstacle du bouclier, cf. Col. Rust. 3, 19 ; Tac. H. 3, 9 ; molium objectus [pl.] Tac. Ann. 14, 8, la barrière des digues || objet qui sʼoffre aux regards, spectacle : quo repentino objectu viso Nep. Hann. 5, 2, à la vue de ce spectacle soudain [objecto visu corr. de Nauck],