obicio
Latin
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Pronunciation
Verb
obiciō (present infinitive obicere, perfect active obiēcī, supine obiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw or put to, towards, in front of or before, present; expose
- I hold out, offer, turn over, give over
- I cast in the way, interpose; set against, oppose
- (figuratively) I throw out against someone, taunt, reproach or upbraid with
- (figuratively) I bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit, produce, cause
Usage notes
In prosody, the first syllable, which is generally heavy, is scanned light in works by some later writers.
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References
- obicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
- to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis
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