objectĭo, ōnis, f. [obicio], a throwing or putting before (post-class.).
I Lit.: prorae, Ambros. Ep. 100, § 14: saxorum objectione tutari, Arn. 6, 191.—
II Trop., an upbraiding, reproach : objectio nominis, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5: objectionem repellere, Ambros. Ep. 84: ejus facti, Mart. Cap. 5, § 445.—
B An objection , Ambros. Fide, 4, 9, 100; Aug. Ep. 166, 15; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 16, 20; Aug. Nat. et Grat. 10; Schol. Juv. 10, 324 and 346.—
C As rhet. fig., = anthypophora, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Dian. § 4.