proicio

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Latin

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Etymology

From prō- (from, in the place of; for) +‎ iaciō (throw, hurl).

Pronunciation

Verb

prōiciō (present infinitive prōicere, perfect active prōiēcī, supine prōiectum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth, down, away or out; discharge, scatter
  2. (by extension) to stretch out, hold out, extend, project
  3. (by extension) to cast out, expel, exile, banish
    Synonyms: abdō, ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, relēgō, submoveō
  4. (in architecture) to let part of a building jut out, cause to project
  5. (figuratively) to throw away, give up, yield, resign, renounce, reject, disdain; neglect, desert, abandon
  6. (figuratively, with se) to rush into something; degrade oneself
  7. (figuratively) to put off, defer, delay

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References

  • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
  • proicio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016