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Latin
Etymology
From iaciō (“throw”) + -tō (frequentative suffix). See iactus.
Pronunciation
Verb
iactō (present infinitive iactāre, perfect active iactāvī, supine iactātum); first conjugation
- to throw, cast, hurl
- Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, permittō, iaciō, trāiciō, iaculor, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
- to scatter, toss
- (figuratively) to disturb, disquiet, torment, agitate, shock
- Synonyms: cieo, perpello, molior, instigo, instinguo, agito, turbo, ango
8 CE – 12 CE,
Ovid,
Sorrows 1.41–42:
- carmina sēcessum scrībentis et ōtia quaerunt;
mē mare, mē ventī, mē fera iactat hiems- Verses require of writing solitude and leisure;
the sea, winds, a savage winter disturb me.
(The poet, sailing to exile during wintertime, is disturbed both physically and mentally.)
- to utter, speak, throw out
- to hurl insults
- to be officious or active in, give oneself up to, devote oneself to a thing
- Synonyms: versō, exerceō, operor
- to boast, act conceitedly, be officious, show off, display, parade, throw one’s weight around, make oneself conspicuous, flaunt oneself
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.139–141:
- “Tenet ille immānia saxa,
vestrās, Eure, domōs; illā sē iactet in aulā
Aeolus, et clausō ventōrum carcere rēgnet.”- “He controls those monstrous rocks, your abode, Eurus; let Aeolus flaunt himself in that palace, and rule in the locked prison of the winds.”
(Neptune (mythology) dismisses Eurus and the other winds with a derogatory warning for their king, Aeolus (son of Hippotes).)
- (Medieval Latin) to invest
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
Participle
iactō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of iactus
References
- “iacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- jacto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- tossed hither and thither by the waves: fluctibus iactari
- to have a severe attack of fever: aestu et febri iactari
- to experience the ups and downs of life: multis casibus iactari
- to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
- the bank-rate varies: nummus iactatur (Off. 3. 20. 80)
- iacto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- iacto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016