I.a casting or throwing down (rare; not in Cic.).
I. In gen.: “arborum,” Liv. 9, 2: “gravis (Penei),” fall, Ov. M. 1, 571; cf. “fluminum,” Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 18: “aquae,” id. Ep. 56; and absol., Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 75; cf. Vitr. 6, 3.—
B. Concr., that which is thrown over, a covering: “velatum geminae dejectu lyncis,” Stat. Th. 4, 272.—
II. Esp., of localities (acc. to dejectus, P. a., I.), a declivity, descent: “collis,” Caes. B. G. 2, 22: “in dejectu positus,” Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 179. In plur.: “collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectūs habebat,” Caes. B. G. 2, 8, 3.—
