throw down Copy link Outline 1. dejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 32. praecĭpĭto, 1 (to t. down headlong3. dēturbo, 1 (to t. down with violence)4. prōruo, rui, rŭtum, 3 (to t. down flat)5. sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 (to level with the ground6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 37. ēverto, ti, sum, 3 • throw down: 1. dejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to t. any one down from a rock, d. aliquem de saxo, Liv. 5, 47: to t. a statue down, d. statuam, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 19. 2. praecĭpĭto, 1 (to t. down headlong: constr. with de ex, or ab, and ablat.): to t. oneself down from a tower, p. se de turri, Liv. 23, 37: Cic. Fin. 5, 11, 31. 3. dēturbo, 1 (to t. down with violence): the wind has thrown down the tiles from the roof, ventus deturbavit tegulas de tecto, Pl. Rud. 1, 1, 6: Cic.: v. HURL DOWN, FLING DOWN. 4. prōruo, rui, rŭtum, 3 (to t. down flat): to t. down a pillar, columnam p., Hor. Od. 1, 35, 14: houses thrown down by an earthquake, terrae motibus prorutae domus, Tac. A. 12, 43. 5. sterno, strāvi, strātum, 3 (to level with the ground: freq. in poet.): the elephant t.s down his stall with his tusks, elephantus stabula dentibus sternit, Plin. 8, 9, 9: Virg.: Liv.: the compds. are: (i.) prosterno: v. prostrate: (ii.) consterno (very rare): Liv. 40, 45. 6. afflīgo, xi, ctum, 3: proflīgo, 1: v. dash down. 7. ēverto, ti, sum, 3: v. overthrow, overturn., upset.