Lewis Short
conjectus (noun M) : conicio (rare but class.; most freq. in Lucr.).
* A throwing together.
* A crowding, connecting, or uniting together: materiaï,Lucr. 5, 417: altior animaï,id. 4, 960.
* A throwing, throwing down, casting, projecting, hurling: lapidum conjectu fracta domus,Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2: terrae,Liv. 7, 6, 2: telorum,Nep. Pelop. 5, 4: venire ad teli conjectum,to come within weapons' throw,Liv. 2, 31, 6; 28, 14, 19; cf. the opp.: extra teli conjectum consistere,Petr. 90, 2: (jaculorum) ex altioribus locis in cavam vallem,Liv. 25, 16, 22: quasi quid pugno bracchique superne Conjectu trudatur,the thrust,Lucr. 6, 435.
* Trop.
* Of the eyes, a turning, directing, throwing, etc.: oculorum in me,Cic. Sest. 54, 115; so, oculorum,id. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Planc. 8, 21; Quint. 9, 3, 101; Curt. 9, 7, 25: non modo telorum sed oculorum,Plin. Pan. 17, 3.
* Of the mind, etc., a turning, directing: conjectus animorum in me,Cic. Sest. 54, 115: minarum,Plin. Pan. 17, 3: conjectura dicta est a conjectu, id est directione quādam rationis ad veritatem,Quint. 3, 6, 30.
* = conjectura; progredi conjectu longius, Auct. Vict. Caes. 26, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
conjectus, a, um, Part., from conicio.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary