iacio
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *jakjō (“throw (down?)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare iaceō.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵημι (híēmi, “to send, throw”).
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Verb[edit]
iaciō (present infinitive iacere, perfect active iēcī, supine iactum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away.
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Alea iacta est.
- The die has been cast.
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- I lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect.
- I send forth, emit; bring forth, produce.
- I scatter, sow, throw.
- (as a shadow) I project.
- (figuratively) I throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare.
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References[edit]
- iacio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
- (ambiguous) to let fall an expression: voces iacere (Sall. Iug. 11)
- (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
- (ambiguous) to lay the foundations: fundamenta iacere, agere
- (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
- (ambiguous) to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
- (ambiguous) to raise a rampart, earthwork: vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
- (ambiguous) to drop anchor: ancoras iacere
- (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
Further reading[edit]
- jacio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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