(verb) : rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574;
* And likewise reice,Verg. E. 3, 96; and perh. also,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), jacio, to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* In partic.
* Reicere se, to throw or cast one's self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one's self anywhere: tum illa Rejecit se in eum,flung herself into his arms,Ter. And. 1, 1, 109: se in gremium tuom,Lucr. 1, 34: se in grabatum,Petr. 92, 3; cf.: in cubile rejectus est,id. 103, 5; cf.: fatigata membra rejecit,leaned back,Curt. 10, 5, 3.
* Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.: repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.: reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.: Tusci rejecti armis,Verg. A. 11, 630: ab Antiocheā hostem,Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.: praesidia adversariorum Calydone,Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).
* Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so, naves,id. ib. 5, 23: a Leucopetrā profectus ... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88: sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.
* In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject: abs te socordiam omnem reice,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.): quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,Lucr. 6, 81: (hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153: ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,Vitr. 10, 20: foedum contactum a casto corpore,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18: ferrum et audaciam,Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf. ictus,Stat. Th. 6, 770; and: minas Hannibalis retrorsum,Hor. C. 4, 8, 16: (in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,Quint. 6, 3, 5.
* In partic.
* Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.: forsitan nos reiciat,Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5: petentem,Ov. M. 9, 512: Lydiam,Hor. C. 3, 9, 20: Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16: refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,id. Fin. 1, 2, 4; of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,Liv. 2, 31, 9: recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11: ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf. (vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),Ov. M. 14, 677: rejectā praedā,Hor. S. 2, 3, 68: condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.
* In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot: cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.
* With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to: ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8: in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).
* Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one's self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.): totam rem ad Pompeium,Caes. B. C. 3, 17: senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.: ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,id. 40, 29; and: rem ad senatum,id. 5, 22, 1: aliquid ad pontificum collegium,id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2: rem ad Hannibalem,Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28: tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects: legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.: tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin.
* With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian): a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1: reliqua in mensem Januarium,id. ib. 2, 1, 3: repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,id. Att. 1, 4, 1.— *
* Reicere se aliquo, to fling one's self on a thing, i. e. apply one's self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem ... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.