hurl Copy link Outline 1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (strengthened from jacio2. contorqueo, si, tum, 2 (stronger than conjicio, and strictly implying a rotary motion of the hand in throwing3. jăcŭlor, 1 (to dart as a javelin) • hurl: 1. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (strengthened from jacio: esp. of a number of persons hurling missiles): his ineffectual dart he h.'d, telum imbelle conjecit, Virg. Aen. 2, 545: ib. 12, 711: they h.'d their missiles from the higher ground against our men, tela e superiore loco in nostros conjiciebant, Cic. B. G. 1, 26. 2. contorqueo, si, tum, 2 (stronger than conjicio, and strictly implying a rotary motion of the hand in throwing: chiefly poet.): with mighty force his huge spear he h.'d, validis ingentem viribus hastam contorsit, Virg. Aen. 2, 52: Curt. 3. jăcŭlor, 1 (to dart as a javelin): to obtain praise for horsemanship, h.ing the javelin, equitando, jaculando laudem consequi, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: (Hector) who h.'d the firebrands at the ships of the Danaans, Danaum jaculatus puppibus ignes, Virg. Aen. 2, 276. (N.B.--Vibro is to brandish, not to hurl.)