deicio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“from, down from, away from”) +‎ iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [d̪eːˈi̯ɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [d̪eˈjiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

dēiciō (present infinitive dēicere, perfect active dēiēcī, supine dēiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate

   Synonym: abiciō

   Antonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.15.13:

     Cor gaudēns exhilarat faciem: in maerōre animī dēicitur spīritus.

     A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
     (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

2. to drive out, dislodge
3. to kill, slay

   Synonyms: cōnficiō, perimō, ēnecō, occidō, trucīdō, interficiō, peragō, obtruncō, caedō, necō, iugulō, interimō, percutiō, sōpiō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō

4. to lower, hang down, depress
5. to deprive, rob (of)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēiciō		dēicis		dēicit		dēicimus		dēicitis		dēiciunt
	imperfect	dēiciēbam		dēiciēbās		dēiciēbat		dēiciēbāmus		dēiciēbātis		dēiciēbant
	future	dēiciam		dēiciēs		dēiciet		dēiciēmus		dēiciētis		dēicient
	perfect	dēiēcī		dēiēcistī		dēiēcit		dēiēcimus		dēiēcistis		dēiēcērunt, dēiēcēre
	pluperfect	dēiēceram		dēiēcerās		dēiēcerat		dēiēcerāmus		dēiēcerātis		dēiēcerant
	future perfect	dēiēcerō		dēiēceris		dēiēcerit		dēiēcerimus		dēiēceritis		dēiēcerint
passive	present	dēicior		dēiceris, dēicere		dēicitur		dēicimur		dēiciminī		dēiciuntur
	imperfect	dēiciēbar		dēiciēbāris, dēiciēbāre		dēiciēbātur		dēiciēbāmur		dēiciēbāminī		dēiciēbantur
	future	dēiciar		dēiciēris, dēiciēre		dēiciētur		dēiciēmur		dēiciēminī		dēicientur
	perfect	dēiectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēiectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēiectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēiciam		dēiciās		dēiciat		dēiciāmus		dēiciātis		dēiciant
	imperfect	dēicerem		dēicerēs		dēiceret		dēicerēmus		dēicerētis		dēicerent
	perfect	dēiēcerim		dēiēcerīs		dēiēcerit		dēiēcerīmus		dēiēcerītis		dēiēcerint
	pluperfect	dēiēcissem		dēiēcissēs		dēiēcisset		dēiēcissēmus		dēiēcissētis		dēiēcissent
passive	present	dēiciar		dēiciāris, dēiciāre		dēiciātur		dēiciāmur		dēiciāminī		dēiciantur
	imperfect	dēicerer		dēicerēris, dēicerēre		dēicerētur		dēicerēmur		dēicerēminī		dēicerentur
	perfect	dēiectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēiectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēice		—		—		dēicite		—
	future	—		dēicitō		dēicitō		—		dēicitōte		dēiciuntō
passive	present	—		dēicere		—		—		dēiciminī		—
	future	—		dēicitor		dēicitor		—		—		dēiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēicere			dēicī			dēiciēns			—
future		dēiectūrum esse			dēiectum īrī			dēiectūrus			dēiciendus, dēiciundus
perfect		dēiēcisse			dēiectum esse			—			dēiectus
future perfect		—			dēiectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēiectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēiciendī		dēiciendō		dēiciendum		dēiciendō		dēiectum		dēiectū

Derived terms

• dēiectiō
• dēiectō
• dēiector
• dēiectus

Related terms

• abiciō
• adiciō
• circumiciō
• cōniciō
• dēiectiuncula
• disiciō
• ēiciō
• iaciō
• iniciō
• intericiō
• obiciō
• praeiciō
• prōiciō
• rēiciō
• subiciō
• superiaciō
• trāiciō

Descendants

• English: dejected
• ⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese: deitar, deitare
  • Galician: deitar
  • Portuguese: deitar

References

• “deicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici
    
  • to throw oneself from the ramparts: se deicere de muro
    
  • to throw some one down the Tarpeian rock: deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeio
    
  • to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
    
  • to be forced to change one's mind: de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de gradu deici, ut dicitur
    
  • to lose hope: spe deici, depelli, deturbari
    
  • to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    
  • to be deposed from one's leading position: principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)
    
  • to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)
    
  • to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
    
  • to be driven out of one's course; to drift: deferri, deici aliquo