(v. a.P. a.) : dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. jacio
* To throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: araneas de foribus et de pariete,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31: aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.: aliquem e ponte,Suet. Caes. 80: aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf. aliquem saxo Tarpeio,Tac. A. 6, 19: aliquem equo,Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19: jugum servile a cervicibus,Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: togam ab umeris,Suet. Aug. 52; cf.: togam de umero,id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.: se de muro,Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.: se de superiore parte aedium,Nep. Dion, 4 fin.: se per munitiones,Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5: se a praealtis montibus (venti),Liv. 28, 6: librum in mare,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.: aliquem in locum inferiorem,Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12: aliquem e summo in Tartara,Lucr. 5, 1124: elatam securim in caput (regis),Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10: equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,force to leap down,id. 23, 47: bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so, statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),id. Cat. 3, 8, 19: monumenta regis templaque Vestae,Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15: signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),Liv. 40, 2: omnes Hermas,Nep. Alcib. 3: turrim,Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf. arces,Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.: arbores,to fell,Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4: caput uno ictu,to cut off,Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546: libellos,to tear down,Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.: crinibus dejectis,loose, dishevelled,Tac. A. 14, 30: sortes,to cast into the urn,Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5: dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.: cum dejecta sors esset,Liv. 21, 42; cf.: pernam, glandium,to throw into the pot,Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36: alvum,to purge,Cato R. R. 158; cf.: casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,i. e. are most easily digested,Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; opp. alvum superiorem,i. e. to vomit,Cato R. R. 156, 2.
* Trop.
* Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.: nostri dejecti sunt loco,id. ib. 7, 51: praesidium ex saltu,id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.: agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,Liv. 7, 10: ex tot castellis,id. 44, 35: praesidium Claternā,Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.: praesidium loco summe munito,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.: castra hostium,to destroy,id. 25, 14: praetorium,id. 41, 2 et saep.
* Sunk down, low: equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3: dejectius,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin.
* (Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited: haud dejectus equum duci jubet,Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315: in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,Quint. 9. 4, 138. —Sup. does not occur.— * Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.
* Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay: his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.: quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?Verg. A. 11, 665: avem ab alto caelo,id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580: Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice,Val. Fl. 1, 191: super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,Phaedr. 2, 1, 1: (Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,Lact. 1, 9, 2: gruem,Verg. A. 11, 580.
* To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra): dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast: id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77: in pectora mentum,Ov. M. 12, 255: euntes dejecta cervice Getae,Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.
* In gen.: pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,never took their eyes off him,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71: oculos a republica,id. Phil. 1, 1: dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,cast down her eyes,Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.: oculos in terram,Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.; and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,with downcast eyes,Verg. A. 11, 480: dejectus vultum,Stat. Th. 3, 367: ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?thou hast removed, averted,Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.: quantum de doloris terrore,id. ib. 2, 5, 14: vitia a se ratione,id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.: cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62: hunc metum Siciliae,id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.: quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,Quint. 10, 4, 1: eum de sententia dejecistis,hast diverted from his opinion,Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8: fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.
* In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of: de honore deici,Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25: de possessione imperii,Liv. 45, 22, 7; for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,Liv. 39, 41; and, dejecti honore,id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.: aliquem aedilitate,Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23: aedilitate,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23: praeturā,id. Mur. 36, 76: principatu,Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8: certo consulatu,Liv. 40, 46, 14: spe,id. 44, 28, 1: ea spe,Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.: opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),id. ib. 5, 48: conjuge tanto,Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua ... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3: cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,Liv. 38, 35: uxorem (sc. conjugio),Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.: hoc dejecto,after his fall,Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27: ex alto dejectus culmine regni,Sil. 17, 143.
* To humble: deicimur, sed non perimus,Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9: deiciendi hominis causa,Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).

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