throwing (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. jactus, ūs2. missus, ūs3. conjectio4. jăclātio (a hurling) • throwing (subs.): 1. jactus, ūs: the t. of thunderbolts, j. fulminum, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18: v. casting, hurling: (in Dig. = jactura, a t. overboard). 2. missus, ūs: the t. of a javelin., m. pili, Liv. 9, 19: (missio, Vitr.) 3. conjectio: the t. of weapons, c. telorum, Cic. Caecin. 15, 43: so conjectus, ūs, Liv. 4. jăclātio (a hurling): Sen.: Plin.: Quint. (fig.): jaculatus in Tert. [N.B.--The compounds are numerous:--A t. away, abjectio, Quint. (fig.): a t. back, rejectio (= t. up, e. g. of blood), Plin.: a t. between, interjectio, Auct. Heren. (fig.): a t. down, dējectus, us, Liv.: a t. forwards, projectio, Cic.: a t. on, injectus, ūs: Tac.: Plin.: a t. round, circumjectio, Arn.: a t. to and fro, jactatio, v. tossing: a t. together, conjectus, ūs, Cic.: a t. in the way of, objectus, ūs, Lucr.]