throw off Copy link Outline 1. excŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to shake off)2. dejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to t. down)3. exuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (strip off)4. exsolvo, vi, lūtum, 3 • throw off: 1. excŭtio, cussi, cussum, 3 (to shake off): the horse threw his rider off, equus excussit equitem, Liv. 8, 7. Fig. to t. off fear, e. metum, Ov. M. 3, 689: Cic.: Hor. 2. dejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (to t. down): thrown off his horse, dejectus equo, Caes. B. G. 4, 12. Fig.: to t. off the yoke of slavery, d. servile jugum, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6: v. yoke. 3. exuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (strip off): to t. off one s bonds, e. vincula, Ov. M. 7, 773: to t. off the yoke, e. se jugo, Liv. 34, 13. Fig.: to t. off one's disguise, perh. *alienam personam e., cf. Quint. 12, 10., 76; Liv. 3, 36: to t. off one's allegiance, e. sacramentum, Tac. H. 3, 42. 4. exsolvo, vi, lūtum, 3: to t. off one's clothes, e. amictus, Stat. S. 1, 5, 53. Fig.: to t. off the restraints of law, e. (legis) vincula, Tac. A. 3, 33: v. lay aside, put off. Phr.: a horse that t.s his rider off, sternax equus, Virg. Aen. 12, 364: to t. his rider, ejicere equitem, id. ib. 10, 894: to t. him over his head, lapsum super caput effundere, Liv. 22, 3: to t. off the dogs, immittere canes: v. let slip.