LAT
abicio
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(v. a.P. a.) : ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.
* Ăbĭci,Ov. P. 2, 3, 37; ăbĭcit,Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.ab-jacio, to cast away, to throw away, throw down.
* Lit.: in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.: scutum,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: insigne regium de capite,id. Sest. 27: socer ad pedes abjectus,id. ib. 34; so, se ad pedes,id. Phil. 2, 34, 86: se e muro in mare,id. Tusc. 1, 34; so, corpus in mare,id. Phil. 11, 2, 5: impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: se abjecit exanimatus,he threw himself down as if lifeless,id. Sest. 37.—Absol.: si te uret sarcina, abicito,throw it down,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated: anulum in mari,Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28: statuas in propatulo domi,Nep. Hann. 9, 3: cadaver in viā,Suet. Ner. 48; cf.: ubi cadaver abjeceris,Tac. A. 1, 22.
* Fig.
* In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.: ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten,Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off (il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26: vitam,Cic. Att. 3, 19: salutem pro aliquo,id. Planc. 33: memoriam beneficiorum,id. Phil. 8, 11: versum,to declaim it carelessly,id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).
* In partic.
* To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon: abicimus ista,we let that go,Cic. Att. 13, 3: fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,I must renounce,id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam . . . sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15: abjectis nugis,nonsense apart,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).
* Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,Cic. Att. 3, 2.
* Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20: contemptum atque abjectum,id. Agr. 2, 34: verbis nec inops nec abjectus,id. Brut. 62, 222 al.—Comp.: animus abjectior,Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.—Sup.: animus abjectissimus,Quint. 11, 1, 13 al.—Adv.: abjectē.
* Dispiritedly, despondingly: in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.
* Low, meanly: quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,Tac. Or. 8: incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,improperly,Gell. 2, 6, 1.
* Ăbĭci,Ov. P. 2, 3, 37; ăbĭcit,Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.ab-jacio, to cast away, to throw away, throw down.
* Lit.: in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.: scutum,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: insigne regium de capite,id. Sest. 27: socer ad pedes abjectus,id. ib. 34; so, se ad pedes,id. Phil. 2, 34, 86: se e muro in mare,id. Tusc. 1, 34; so, corpus in mare,id. Phil. 11, 2, 5: impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: se abjecit exanimatus,he threw himself down as if lifeless,id. Sest. 37.—Absol.: si te uret sarcina, abicito,throw it down,Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated: anulum in mari,Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28: statuas in propatulo domi,Nep. Hann. 9, 3: cadaver in viā,Suet. Ner. 48; cf.: ubi cadaver abjeceris,Tac. A. 1, 22.
* Fig.
* In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.: ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten,Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off (il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26: vitam,Cic. Att. 3, 19: salutem pro aliquo,id. Planc. 33: memoriam beneficiorum,id. Phil. 8, 11: versum,to declaim it carelessly,id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).
* In partic.
* To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon: abicimus ista,we let that go,Cic. Att. 13, 3: fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,I must renounce,id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam . . . sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15: abjectis nugis,nonsense apart,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).
* Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,Cic. Att. 3, 2.
* Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20: contemptum atque abjectum,id. Agr. 2, 34: verbis nec inops nec abjectus,id. Brut. 62, 222 al.—Comp.: animus abjectior,Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.—Sup.: animus abjectissimus,Quint. 11, 1, 13 al.—Adv.: abjectē.
* Dispiritedly, despondingly: in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.
* Low, meanly: quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,Tac. Or. 8: incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,improperly,Gell. 2, 6, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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