reicio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /rejˈji.ki.oː/, [rɛjˈjɪ.ki.oː]
Verb
reiciō (present infinitive reicere, perfect active reiēcī, supine reiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, cast or fling back
- I chase, force or drive back, repel
- (with reflexive) I throw or cast myself back or again; throw or fling myself anywhere
- (figuratively) I cast off, repel, remove, reject, repulse; deter, divert
- (figuratively) I refuse, reject, scorn, disdain, despise
- (figuratively) I refer, remand or hand over to
- (figuratively) I put off to a later time, defer, postpone, delay
Inflection
Related terms
References
- reicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- reicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- reicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
- a matter is referred (for decision) from the senate to the people: a senatu res ad populum reicitur
- to challenge, reject jurymen: iudices reicere (Verr. 3. 11. 28)
- to repel the attack of the enemy's cavalry: summovere or reicere hostium equites
- to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
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