conicio

Latin

Alternative forms

• cōiciō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːˈni.ki.oː/, [koːˈnɪ.ki.oː]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈji.ki.oː/, [kɔnˈjɪ.ki.oː]

Verb

cōniciō (present infinitive cōnicere, perfect active cōniēcī, supine coniectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I throw or bring together, unite, connect.
2. I throw, drive, force, hurl something.
3. I dispatch, assign, make go.
4. I urge, press, adduce.
5. I prophesy, foretell, forebode.
6. I conclude, guess.
7. (figuratively) I dispute, contend, discuss.
8. (reflexively) I go, I hurry.

Inflection

Conjugation of conicio (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōniciō	cōnicis	cōnicit	cōnicimus	cōnicitis	cōniciunt
	imperfect	cōniciēbam	cōniciēbās	cōniciēbat	cōniciēbāmus	cōniciēbātis	cōniciēbant
	future	cōniciam	cōniciēs	cōniciet	cōniciēmus	cōniciētis	cōnicient
	perfect	cōniēcī	cōniēcistī	cōniēcit	cōniēcimus	cōniēcistis	cōniēcērunt, cōniēcēre
	pluperfect	cōniēceram	cōniēcerās	cōniēcerat	cōniēcerāmus	cōniēcerātis	cōniēcerant
	future perfect	cōniēcerō	cōniēceris	cōniēcerit	cōniēcerimus	cōniēceritis	cōniēcerint
passive	present	cōnicior	cōniceris, cōnicere	cōnicitur	cōnicimur	cōniciminī	cōniciuntur
	imperfect	cōniciēbar	cōniciēbāris, cōniciēbāre	cōniciēbātur	cōniciēbāmur	cōniciēbāminī	cōniciēbantur
	future	cōniciar	cōniciēris, cōniciēre	cōniciētur	cōniciēmur	cōniciēminī	cōnicientur
	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	cōniciam	cōniciās	cōniciat	cōniciāmus	cōniciātis	cōniciant
	imperfect	cōnicerem	cōnicerēs	cōniceret	cōnicerēmus	cōnicerētis	cōnicerent
	perfect	cōniēcerim	cōniēcerīs	cōniēcerit	cōniēcerīmus	cōniēcerītis	cōniēcerint
	pluperfect	cōniēcissem	cōniēcissēs	cōniēcisset	cōniēcissēmus	cōniēcissētis	cōniēcissent
passive	present	cōniciar	cōniciāris, cōniciāre	cōniciātur	cōniciāmur	cōniciāminī	cōniciantur
	imperfect	cōnicerer	cōnicerēris, cōnicerēre	cōnicerētur	cōnicerēmur	cōnicerēminī	cōnicerentur
	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	—	cōnice	—	—	cōnicite	—
	future	—	cōnicitō	cōnicitō	—	cōnicitōte	cōniciuntō
passive	present	—	cōnicere	—	—	cōniciminī	—
	future	—	cōnicitor	cōnicitor	—	—	cōniciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnicere	cōniēcisse	coniectūrus esse	cōnicī	coniectus esse	coniectum īrī
participles		cōniciēns	—	coniectūrus	—	coniectus	cōniciendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		cōnicere	cōniciendī	cōniciendō	cōniciendum	coniectum	coniectū

Derived terms

• coniectānea
• coniectārius
• coniectiō
• coniectō

• coniector
• coniectūra
• coniectus

Related terms

Related terms

• abiciō
• adiciō
• circumiciō
• coniectātiō
• coniectūrālis

• coniectūrāliter
• coniectrīx
• dēiciō
• disiciō
• ēiciō

• iaciō
• iniciō
• intericiō
• obiciō
• praeiciō

• prōiciō
• rēiciō
• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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)