deicio
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“from, down from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [d̪eːˈi̯ɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [d̪eˈjiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
dēiciō (present infinitive dēicere, perfect active dēiēcī, supine dēiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate
- I drive out, dislodge
- I kill, slay
- I lower, hang down, depress
- I deprive, rob (of)
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References
- “deicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “deicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- deicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici
- to throw oneself from the ramparts: se deicere de muro
- to throw some one down the Tarpeian rock: deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeio
- to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
- to be forced to change one's mind: de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
- to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
- to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de gradu deici, ut dicitur
- to lose hope: spe deici, depelli, deturbari
- to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
- to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
- to be deposed from one's leading position: principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)
- to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)
- to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
- to be driven out of one's course; to drift: deferri, deici aliquo
- to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici