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2. objectus, ūs, m. [obicio],

  1. I. a casting before, a putting against, in the way, or opposite, an opposing; or, neutr., a lying before or opposite (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): dare objectum parmaï, the opposing of the shield, * Lucr. 4, 847: vestis, Col. 3, 19: insula portum Efficit objectu laterum, by the opposition, Verg. A. 1, 160: cum terga flumine, latera objectu paludis tegerentur, Tac. H. 3, 9: molis, id. ib. 5, 14: regiones, quae Tauri montis objectu separantur, Gell. 12, 13, 27: solem interventu lunae occultari, lunamque terrae objectu, the interposition, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; cf.: eademque (terra) objectu suo umbram noctemque efficiat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 243, 13 dub. (al. objecta soli): hi molium objectus (i. e. moles objectas) scandere, the projection, Tac. A. 14, 8.
  2. II. Transf., that which presents itself to the sight, an object, appearance, sight, spectacle, Nep. Hann. 5, 2 (al. objecto).