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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• throw (v.):
      1. 1. jăcio, jēci, jactum, 3 (constr. with in and acc.: poet. with dat.): to t. stones, j. lapides, Cic. Mil. 15, 41: to t. a cup at somebody from one's hand, j. scyphum in aliquem de manu, id. Verr. 4, 10, 24. Fig.: to t. aspersions upon illustrious women, j. probra in feminas illustres, Tac. A. 11, 13: to t. ridicule (upon), j., mittere ridiculum, Cic. Or. 26, 87.
      2. 2. jacto, 1 (freq. of preced.): to t. clothes and money from the wall, j. vestem argentumque de muro, Caes. B. G. 7, 47: to t. themselves headlong from the walls, j. se muris in praeceps, Curt. 5, 6, 7: to t. kisses, j. a facie manus, Juv. 3, 106: of dice, Ov.: see phr.
      3. 3. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (stronger than jacio): to t. hunting spears from their hands, c. venabula manibus, Ov. M. 12, 454: to t. any one into chains, c. aliquem in vincula, Caes. B. G. 4, 27: to t. oneself into a marsh, c. se in paludem, Liv. 1, 12: to t. cannon-balls (shells) into a town, *c. globos tormentarios in urbem, Kr. (cf. Liv. 23, 37): Fig.: to t. reinforcements into the middle of the line of battle, c. auxilia in mediam aciem, Caes. B. G. 3, 24: to t. one's eyes upon any one, c. oculos in aliquem, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44: to t. the enemy into consternation, c. hostes in terrorem, Liv. 34, 28: v. cast.
      4. 4. mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to send: esp. of missiles): to t. their javelins, m. pila, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: to t. bread to a dog, m. panem cani, Phaedr. 2, 3, 3: to t. full in one's face, m. in adversa ora, Ov. M. 12, 237: to t. oneself from a lofty rock, m. se saxo ab alto, id. ib. 11, 340: of dice, Aug.: see phr.: v. fling.
      5. 5. jăcŭlor, 1 (prop. to hurl the javelin: thence used absol., Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45): to t. firebrands on to the vessels, j. puppibus ignem, Virg. Aen. 2, 276: v. THROW INTO.
      6. 6. torqueo, torsi, tortum, 2: v. hurl. [N.B.--The precise equiv. for t. is to be sought for under the various preps.] Phr.: (i.) to t. a stone at one, impingere lapidem alicui, Phaedr. 3, 5, 2: to t. an apple at one, petere aliquem malo, Virg. E. 3, 64: to t. money among the crowd, spargere nummos populo, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16: whence a weapon may be thrown on to the shore, unde adigi (adjici, al.) telum in litus posset, Caes. B. G. 4, 23: a wrestler thrice thrown, luctator ter abjectus, Sen. Ben. 5, 3, 1: a horse that t.s his rider, equus sternax, Virg.: v. throw off: to t. troops into the towns, perh. occupare urbes, Liv. 33, 31: to t. overboard, in mari jacturam facere, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89 (often fig.): it is madness to t. good money after bad, perh. furor est post omnia perdere naulum (passage-money), Juv. 8., 97. (ii.) of dice: expr. by jacere, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 78; jactare, Ov. A. A. 2, 203; mittere, Aug. in Suet. Aug. 71: to t. for the office of king of the feast, sortiri regna vini talis, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 18: v. throw (subs.), die.