throw in Copy link Outline 1. injĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (ĭnĭcit, Sil.)2. immitto, mīsi, missum, 33. ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3 • throw in, into: 1. injĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (ĭnĭcit, Sil.): to t. fire into the camp, i. ignem castris, Liv. 40, 31: to t. oneself into the midst of the foe, i. se in medios hostes, Cic. Dom. 24, 64. Fig.: to t. the state into confusion, i. tumultum civitati, id. Cat. 3, 3, 7. 2. immitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to t. javelins into the enemy, i. pila in hostes, Caes. B. G. 6, 8: Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116. 3. ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: to t. wood into the fire, i. ligna foco, Tib. 2, 1, 22. [N.B.--For other varieties of expr. see throw and the foll.:--Phr.: to t. into the fire, projicere in ignem, Caes. B. G. 7, 25: to t. oneself into any body's lap, rejicere se in gremium alicujus, Lucr. 1, 34: Ter.: to t. any one into prison, in carcerem aliquem praecipitem dare, after id. Andr. 1, 3, 9: he ordered him to be thrown into a dark dungeon, in vincula atque in tenebras abripi jussit, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, 24: to t. legions into a town, praesidium oppidi tuendi causa mittere, after Caes. B. G. 7, 11 (where the add. of subito, raptim, would help to expr. the verb): to t. oneself heart and soul into verse-making, c. se mente ac voluntate in versum, Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: the pain having thrown itself into the heart, dolore in cor trajecto, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.]