(v. a.P. a.adv.) : prō-ĭcĭo (projĭcĭo), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. jacio.
* Lit.
* In gen., to throw forth or before; to fling away, throw down; to throw, thrust, drive, or put out; to stretch out, hold out, extend: projectum odoraris cibum, thrown before or to you, Hor. Epod. 6, 10: frusto cibarii panis ei projecto,App. M. 6, p. 177, 36: cadavera projecta,Varr. L. L. 5, § 25 Müll.: crates,Caes. B. G. 7, 81: aquilam intra vallum,id. ib. 5, 37: aurum in mediā Libyā,Hor. S. 2, 3, 100: aliquid in ignem,Caes. B. G. 7, 25: geminos cestus in medium,Verg. A. 5, 402: tela manu,id. ib. 6, 835: arma, of one in flight (cf.: abicere arma,Just. 8, 2, 4), Caes. B. C. 3, 98; id. B. G. 7, 40; 8, 29; Hirt. B. Alex. 76: omnibus projectis fugae consilium capere,Caes. B. C. 1, 20: insepultos,Liv. 29, 9; Suet. Vesp. 21, 3, 19: Diogenes proici se jussit inhumatum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 104: parvam,to cast out, expose,Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 74: artus,to stretch out,Val. Fl. 7, 141: hastam,to hold out, extend,Nep. Chabr. 1, 2: strato graves artus,Val. Fl. 7, 141: scutum, to hold in front, to oppose, Sisenn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; Liv. 7, 10; cf.: projecto prae se clipeo,id. 32, 25: proicere se ad pedes alicujus,Cic. Sest. 11, 26; Caes. B. G. 1, 31: ad genua alicujus se proicere,Liv. 26, 32, 8: se ex navi,Caes. B. G. 4, 25: se super exanimem amicum,Verg. A. 9, 444: se in forum,Liv. 2, 23; cf.: projecturus semet in flumen,Curt. 9, 4, 12; Gai. Inst. 3, 219.
* Trop.
* To cast out, expel; to exile, banish: tantam pestem evomere et proicere,Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2: in exilium proici,Sen. Prov. 3, 2: aliquem ab urbe,Ov. M. 15, 504: vix duo projecto (mihi) tulistis opem,id. P. 2, 3, 30: Agrippam in insulam,Tac. A. 1, 3; 4, 71: a facie tuā,Vulg. Psa. 50, 12.
* In architecture, to let any part of a building jut out, to cause to project: tectum,Cic. Top. 4, 24: jus immittendi tigna in parietem vicini, proiciendi, protegendi, etc.,Dig. 8, 2, 1.
* To throw away, i. e. to give up, yield, resign, renounce, reject, disdain, etc. (cf. depono): nec pro his libertatem, sed pro libertate haec proicias,Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Rab. Post. 12, 33: patriam virtutem,Caes. B. G. 2, 15: spem salutis,Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3: ampullas et sesquipedalia verba,Hor. A. P. 97: pudorem,Ov. M. 6, 544: senatūs auctoritatem,Tac. A. 1, 42; cf. Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 8: diem,to deprive one's self of the light of day, to blind one's self,Stat. Th. 2, 237.—Esp. of life: animas,Verg. A. 6, 436: vitam,Luc. 4, 526.—With personal objects: aliquem,to neglect, desert, forsake, abandon,Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 8: Deum,Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 19.
* With se, to rush into any thing: si qui se in hoc judicium forte projecerint,Cic. Cael. 9, 22.
* In partic.
* To put off as to time, to defer, delay (post-Aug.): quantum odii fore ab iis qui ultra quinquennium proiciantur,Tac. A. 2, 36.— Hence, prōjectus, a, um, P. a.
* Lit., stretched out, extended, jutting out, projecting: urbs projecta in altum,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21: projecta saxa,Verg. A. 3, 699: ova,Liv. 22, 20; and: insula a septentrione in meridiem projecta,Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 80: ventre projecto,projecting, prominent,Suet. Ner. 51; cf. in comp.: ventre paulo projectiore,id. Tit. 3.—Hence
* To obtrude itself: quae libido non se proripiet ac proiciet occultatione propositā,Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 73.
* Trop.
* Prominent, manifest: projecta atque eminens audacia,Cic. Clu. 65, 183; id. Rep. 3, 7, 11 (from Non. 373, 25): cupiditas,id. Dom. 44, 115.
* Inclined, addicted to any thing, immoderate in any thing: homo ad audendum projectus,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2: homines in verba projecti,Gell. 1, 15, 20: in libidinem, Just. 41, 3, 9.—Sup.: projectissima ad libidinem gens,Tac. H. 5, 5.
* Thrown away; hence, abject, mean, base, contemptible, = abjectus, contemptus: non esse projectum consulare imperium,Liv. 2, 27: projecta patientia,Tac. A. 3, 65 fin.: projectā vilior algā,Verg. E. 7, 42.—Comp.: quid esse vobis aestimem projectius? Prud. στεφ. 10, 153.
* Downcast: vultus projectus et degener,Tac. H. 3, 65.—Hence, adv.: prō-jectē, carelessly, indifferently (post-class.): Tert. Pud. 13.

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