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proicio

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Etymology

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    From prō- (from, in the place of; for) + iaciō (throw, hurl).

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    prōiciō (present infinitive prōicere, perfect active prōiēcī, supine prōiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. to throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth, down, away or out; discharge, scatter
    2. (by extension) to stretch out, hold out, extend, project
    3. (by extension) to cast out, expel, exile, banish
      Synonyms: abdō, ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, relēgō, submoveō
    4. (in architecture) to let part of a building jut out, cause to project
    5. (figuratively) to throw away, give up, yield, resign, renounce, reject, disdain; neglect, desert, abandon
    6. (figuratively, with se) to rush into something; degrade oneself
    7. (figuratively) to put off, defer, delay

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    References

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    • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • proicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
    • proicio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016