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obicio

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ob- (towards, against) +‎ iaciō (I throw, hurl).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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obiciō (present infinitive obicere, perfect active obiēcī, supine obiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
    Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, iaculor, iaciō, abiciō, permittō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
  2. to present, expose, hold out, offer
    Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, polliceor, afferō, porrigō, prōpōnō, sufferō, prōferō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō
  3. to turn over, give over
  4. to cast in the way, interpose; set against, oppose, object
    Synonyms: oppōnō, obiectō
  5. (figuratively) to throw out against someone, taunt, reproach or upbraid with
  6. (figuratively) to bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit, produce, cause

Usage notes

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In prosody, the first syllable, which is generally heavy due to the unwritten /j/, is scanned light in works by some later writers.

Conjugation

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1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: object, objection
  • Spanish: objeto

References

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  • obicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • obicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis