throw (v.) Copy link Outline 1. jăcio, jēci, jactum, 3 (constr. with in and acc.2. jacto, 1 (freq. of preced.)3. conjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (stronger than jacio)4. mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (to send5. jăcŭlor, 1 (prop. to hurl the javelin6. torqueo, torsi, tortum, 2 • throw (v.): 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
throw (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. jactus, ūs2. conjectus, ūs3. bŏlus (βόλος)4. ālea (only fig.) • throw (subs.): 1. jactus, ūs: within a weapon's t., intra teli jactum, Virg. Aen. 11, 608: a lucky t. of the dice, prosper tesserarum j., Liv. 4, 17. 2. conjectus, ūs: to come as near as a weapon's t., venire ad c. teli, Liv. 2, 31: v. throwing. 3. bŏlus (βόλος): Pl.: Aus. 4. ālea (only fig.): to stake all upon a t., dare summam rerum in a., Liv. 42, 59: v. venture, risk. Phr.: the highest t., basilicus (sc. jactus), Pl. Cur. 2, 3, 80; Venus, Prop. 4, 8, 45: the lowest t., canis, id. 4, 8, 46: an unlucky t., vulturius, Pl. Curc. 2, 3, 78: to make a t., tesseram mittere, Ov. A. A. 3, 354: for the various t.s see Dict. Antiq. voce talus.
THROW Copy link • THROW 1. v. jacere: jactare (to do it repeatedly or constantly): mittere (to send it forth to a person or persons; e.g., tela tormentis missa): conjicere (PROP., to throw together; either of many doing it at once, or of bringing many things or persons together; e.g., to throw their knapsacks in a heap, conjicere sarcinas in acervum, Liv.; soldiers into a town, milites in locum; also, pila in hostes; maledicta in aliquem; anybody into prison, aliquem in vincula): injicere (to throw into, and also upon or over; e.g., pallium alicui, Cic.) alicui rei or in aliquid: petere aliquem aliqua re (throw anything at anybody): jaculari (to hurl, by swinging the hand round). To throw stones, lapides jacere; at anybody, lapides mittere or conjicere in aliquem; lapidibus petere aliquem: to throw anything at anybody’s head, in caput alicujus aliquid jaculari: to throw money among the people, nummos spargere populo, in plebem: to throw money into the sea, pecuniam in mare jubere mergi: to throw one’s self at anybody’s feet, se ad alicujus pedes, or alicui ad pedes projicere or abjicere (alicujus or alicui equally right; Krebs was too hasty in condemning alicui, which he allows in his second edition): to throw a cloak around or about one, pallium circumjicere or pallium injicere alicui (Cic., N.D., 3, 34, 83): to throw one’s self into anything, injicere se in aliquid (e.g., in medios ignes, Cic.); irruere in aliquid (e.g., in mediam aciem): to throw light on anything, lumen or multum luminis alicui rei afferre; anybody overboard, aliquem in alto ejicere e navi (Cic.); merchandise overboard, jacturam facere (of a voluntary loss). Throw away, abjicere: projicere (both also figuratively); one’s arms, arma abjicere or projicere: one’s shield, scutum manu emittere. Figuratively. To throw away money, pecuniam profundere: to throw one’s self away (i. e., by misconduct, etc.), se abjicere (not se projicere, which, Cic., Att., 9, 6, 6 = “to expose one’s self rashly to a danger,” “to throwone’s life away”). Throw down, sternere: prosternere (stretch on the ground): affligere (dash down): dejicere: deturbare (cast down): evertere: subvertere (overthrow). To throw a man down, aliquem ad terram dare: aliquem terrae or ad terram affligere; aliquem ad terram arietare (Curt., 9, 7, 22; to dash him down violently): to throw one’s self down, se abjicere; corpus sternere or prosternere; on the grass, se abjicere in herba (not in herbam; Vid: Cic., De Orat., 1, 7, extr.); at anybody’s feet; Vid: above, “throw at anybody’s feet”: to throw one’s self down from a wall, dejicere se de muro (Caes.); praecipitare se ex muro (Cic., Fragm.): to throw down a statue, statuam evertere (Cic.); a citadel, arcem evertere (Cic.); a house, domum evertere (Cic.), subvertere, proruere (Tac.); a horse, equum evertere (PROP.). Throw off, ponere: deponere (lay aside): exuere (put off): abjicere (fling away). To throw off a yoke, jugum excutere; jugo se exuere; jugum exuere (slip it off); the dogs, canibus vincla demere (Ov.); canes immittere or instigare (in feras). Throw on [Vid: THROW UPON]. Throw out, jacere: ejicere. To throw out many very intelligible hints, multas nec dubias significationes jacere (Suet.). Throw up, sublime jacere (after Plin., 11, 2, 1, § 4); earth, terram adaggerare; about a tree, arborem aggerare; a mound, aggerem jacere, exstruere (figuratively): if vomit, etc., rejicere ore, and simply rejicere, per os reddere (e.g., sanguinem): exscreare (to spit out; e.g., sanguinem, pituitam): exscreare per tussim, extussire (to cough up blood, phlegm, etc.): exspuere (to spit out; e.g., blood, etc.): evomere: eructare (to vomit firth; hence of volcanoes, ignes evomere, Silius, Ital., 17, 598; flammas eructare, Justinus, 4, 1, 4). Throw upon, superinjicere. To throw one’s self upon a bed, decumbere in lecto; one’s self down upon anything, se abjicere in aliqua re (not in aliquid); gravel upon a road, glarea superstruere viam; one’s self upon (a body of troops, etc), conjicere se in aliquem or aliquid; impressionem facere (e.g., on the left wing, in sinistrum cornu); invadere aliquem; the blame upon anybody, culpam in aliquem conferre (iffrom one’s self); culpam or causam in aliquem transferre, vertere: to throw cold water upon anything, spem alicujus incidere or infringere; consilium alicujus improbare, etc. (according to the meaning): to throw myself upon a person, spem reponere, constituere in aliquo [Vid: CAST]; upon anybody’s compassion, ad misericordiam alicujus confugere. 2. A cast, jactus: missus: jaculatio: conjectio (e.g., telorum) [SYN. in CAST, v.] : ictus (a successful cast, a hit). A stone’s throw, lapidis jactus or conjectus (e.g., extra lapidis, teli, etc., jactum or conjectum esse): a throw of dice, jactus or missus talorum or tesserarum [SYN. in DIE, DICE, where the names of the throws will be found]. Risk, venture, alea. To venture anything at a throw, aliquid in aleam dare (PROP. and figuratively); aliquid in discrimen committere, vocare, deferre, or adducere; aliquid discrimini committere: often by agitur aliquid or de aliqua re (anything is at stake); or by dimicare de aliqua re. My life is ventured upon the throw, de vita dimico; de vita in discrimen vocor: to be brought to the last throw, in ultimum discrimen adduci (to be brought into the greatest danger); ultima audere, experiri; ad extrema or ad ultimum auxilium descendere (to be trying one’s last chance): it is our last throw, ad extrema perventum est; res est ad extremum perducta casum.