conicio

Latin

Alternative forms

• coiciō
• conjiciō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈjɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

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

   Conjugation of coniciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coniciō		conicis		conicit		conicimus		conicitis		coniciunt
	imperfect	coniciēbam		coniciēbās		coniciēbat		coniciēbāmus		coniciēbātis		coniciēbant
	future	coniciam		coniciēs		coniciet		coniciēmus		coniciētis		conicient
	perfect	coniēcī		coniēcistī		coniēcit		coniēcimus		coniēcistis		coniēcērunt, coniēcēre
	pluperfect	coniēceram		coniēcerās		coniēcerat		coniēcerāmus		coniēcerātis		coniēcerant
	future perfect	coniēcerō		coniēceris		coniēcerit		coniēcerimus		coniēceritis		coniēcerint
passive	present	conicior		coniceris, conicere		conicitur		conicimur		coniciminī		coniciuntur
	imperfect	coniciēbar		coniciēbāris, coniciēbāre		coniciēbātur		coniciēbāmur		coniciēbāminī		coniciēbantur
	future	coniciar		coniciēris, coniciēre		coniciētur		coniciēmur		coniciēminī		conicientur
	perfect	coniectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coniectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coniectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	coniciam		coniciās		coniciat		coniciāmus		coniciātis		coniciant
	imperfect	conicerem		conicerēs		coniceret		conicerēmus		conicerētis		conicerent
	perfect	coniēcerim		coniēcerīs		coniēcerit		coniēcerīmus		coniēcerītis		coniēcerint
	pluperfect	coniēcissem		coniēcissēs		coniēcisset		coniēcissēmus		coniēcissētis		coniēcissent
passive	present	coniciar		coniciāris, coniciāre		coniciātur		coniciāmur		coniciāminī		coniciantur
	imperfect	conicerer		conicerēris, conicerēre		conicerētur		conicerēmur		conicerēminī		conicerentur
	perfect	coniectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coniectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		conice		—		—		conicite		—
	future	—		conicitō		conicitō		—		conicitōte		coniciuntō
passive	present	—		conicere		—		—		coniciminī		—
	future	—		conicitor		conicitor		—		—		coniciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		conicere			conicī			coniciēns			—
future		coniectūrum esse			coniectum īrī			coniectūrus			coniciendus, coniciundus
perfect		coniēcisse			coniectum esse			—			coniectus
future perfect		—			coniectum fore			—			—
perfect potential		coniectūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		coniciendī		coniciendō		coniciendum		coniciendō		coniectum		coniectū

Derived terms

• coniectānea
• coniectārius
• coniectiō
• coniectō
• coniector
• coniectūra
• coniectus

Related terms

• abiciō
• adiciō
• circumiciō
• coniectātiō
• coniectrīx
• coniectūrālis
• coniectūrāliter
• dēiciō
• disiciō
• ēiciō
• iaciō
• iniciō
• intericiō
• obiciō
• praeiciō
• prōiciō
• reiciō
• subiciō
• superiaciō
• trāiciō

References

• “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)