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Latin
Etymology
From re- + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reiciō (present infinitive reicere, perfect active reiēcī, supine reiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to throw, cast or fling back
- to chase, force or drive back, repel
- (with reflexive) to throw or cast oneself back or again; throw or fling oneself anywhere
- (figuratively) to cast off, repel, remove, reject, repulse; deter, divert
- (figuratively) to refuse, reject, scorn, disdain, despise
- (figuratively) to refer, remand or hand over to
- (figuratively) to put off to a later time, defer, postpone, delay
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References
- ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, § V. and note 32, pages 154-55
Further reading
- “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