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reicio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ iaciō (throw, hurl).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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reiciō (present infinitive reicere, perfect active reiēcī, supine reiectum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to throw, cast or fling back
  2. to chase, force or drive back, repel
  3. (with reflexive) to throw or cast oneself back or again; throw or fling oneself anywhere
  4. (figuratively) to cast off, repel, remove, reject, repulse; deter, divert
  5. (figuratively) to refuse, reject, scorn, disdain, despise
  6. (figuratively) to refer, remand or hand over to
  7. (figuratively) to put off to a later time, defer, postpone, delay

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: recere (to vomit)

References

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  1. ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin[1], Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, § V. and note 32, pages 154-55

Further reading

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  • 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[2], 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