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conicio

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From con- (with, together) +‎ iaciō (throw, hurl).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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coniciō (present infinitive conicere, perfect active coniēcī, supine coniectum); third conjugation -variant

  1. to throw or bring together, unite, connect
  2. to throw, drive, force, hurl something
    Synonyms: iaculor, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, spargō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
  3. to dispatch, assign, make go
  4. to urge, press, adduce
  5. to prophesy, foretell, forebode
  6. to conclude, guess
  7. (figuratively) to dispute, contend, discuss
  8. (reflexively) to go, to hurry
  9. to conjecture

Conjugation

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References

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  • cōnĭcĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to turn one's gaze on; to regard: oculos conicere in aliquem
    • to overwhelm some one with terror: in terrorem conicere aliquem
    • to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
    • to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
    • to put some one in irons, chains: in vincula, in catenas conicere aliquem
    • to throw some one into prison: in carcerem conicere aliquem
    • to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    • to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
    • to put the enemy to flight: in fugam dare, conicere hostem
    • to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
  • cōniciō, ~icere, ~iēcī, ~iectum” on page 446/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)