throwing up

jactus, a, um, Part., from jacio.

jactus, ūs, m. [jacio], a throwing, casting, hurling; a throw, cast.

Lit.

In gen.:

jactus fulminum,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104:

haec certamina tanta Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescunt,

Verg. G. 4, 87:

glebarum et testarum,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

intra jactum teli progressus,

Verg. A. 11, 608:

teli jactu abesse,

to be a spear's-throw distant, Liv. 8, 7 init.:

usque ad jactum tali,

Tac. A. 13, 40; Curt. 3, 11, 1:

truces in sublime jactus (of the bull),

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 4.—

In partic., a throw or cast of dice:

quid est tam incertum quam talorum jactus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121:

in prospero tesserarum jactu,

Liv. 4, 17:

talorum ducere jactus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 353:

ita vita'st hominum quasi si ludas tesseris: si illud, quod maxime opus't jactu non cadit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 22.—

Transf.

A throwing out, spreading:

jactus radiorum,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116.—

A throwing down or out, throwing overboard:

jactum mercium facere levandae navis causā,

a jettison, Dig. 14, 2, 1 sq.:

facere jactum medio in ponto,

Sen. Troad. 1037:

horribilis de saxo jactu' deorsum,

Lucr. 3, 1016; Verg. G. 4, 528.— Absol.:

decidere jactu cum ventis,

Juv. 12, 33; Paul. Sent. 2, 7.—

A cast (of the net), a haul, draught:

jactum retis emere,

Dig. 19, 1, 11, § 18; Val. Max. 4, 1, 7 ext. —

Trop., a throwing out, uttering:

fortuitus jactus vocis,

an assertion casually thrown out, Val. Max. 1, 5, 9.

Jactus, i, m., a river flowing into the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118.

jactus, a, um, Part., from jacio.

jactus, ūs, m. [jacio], a throwing, casting, hurling; a throw, cast.

Lit.

In gen.:

jactus fulminum,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104:

haec certamina tanta Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescunt,

Verg. G. 4, 87:

glebarum et testarum,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

intra jactum teli progressus,

Verg. A. 11, 608:

teli jactu abesse,

to be a spear's-throw distant, Liv. 8, 7 init.:

usque ad jactum tali,

Tac. A. 13, 40; Curt. 3, 11, 1:

truces in sublime jactus (of the bull),

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 4.—

In partic., a throw or cast of dice:

quid est tam incertum quam talorum jactus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121:

in prospero tesserarum jactu,

Liv. 4, 17:

talorum ducere jactus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 353:

ita vita'st hominum quasi si ludas tesseris: si illud, quod maxime opus't jactu non cadit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 22.—

Transf.

A throwing out, spreading:

jactus radiorum,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116.—

A throwing down or out, throwing overboard:

jactum mercium facere levandae navis causā,

a jettison, Dig. 14, 2, 1 sq.:

facere jactum medio in ponto,

Sen. Troad. 1037:

horribilis de saxo jactu' deorsum,

Lucr. 3, 1016; Verg. G. 4, 528.— Absol.:

decidere jactu cum ventis,

Juv. 12, 33; Paul. Sent. 2, 7.—

A cast (of the net), a haul, draught:

jactum retis emere,

Dig. 19, 1, 11, § 18; Val. Max. 4, 1, 7 ext. —

Trop., a throwing out, uttering:

fortuitus jactus vocis,

an assertion casually thrown out, Val. Max. 1, 5, 9.

Jactus, i, m., a river flowing into the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118.

conjectus, a, um, Part., from conicio.

conjectus, ūs, m. [conicio] (rare but class.; most freq. in Lucr.).

A throwing together.

A crowding, connecting, or uniting together:

materiaï,

Lucr. 5, 417:

altior animaï,

id. 4, 960.—

Concr., a conflux, concourse, confluence; a heap, crowd, pile:

elementorum confluit,

Lucr. 5, 600:

herbae conjectu siccari amnes,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18.—

A throwing, throwing down, casting, projecting, hurling:

lapidum conjectu fracta domus,

Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:

terrae,

Liv. 7, 6, 2:

telorum,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:

venire ad teli conjectum,

to come within weapons' throw, Liv. 2, 31, 6; 28, 14, 19; cf.

the opp.: extra teli conjectum consistere,

Petr. 90, 2:

(jaculorum) ex altioribus locis in cavam vallem,

Liv. 25, 16, 22:

quasi quid pugno bracchique superne Conjectu trudatur,

the thrust, Lucr. 6, 435.—

Trop.

Of the eyes, a turning, directing, throwing, etc.:

oculorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115; so,

oculorum,

id. de Or. 3, 59, 222; id. Planc. 8, 21; Quint. 9, 3, 101; Curt. 9, 7, 25:

non modo telorum sed oculorum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3.—

Of the mind, etc., a turning, directing:

conjectus animorum in me,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115:

minarum,

Plin. Pan. 17, 3:

conjectura dicta est a conjectu, id est directione quādam rationis ad veritatem,

Quint. 3, 6, 30.—

= conjectura; progredi conjectu longius, Auct. Vict. Caes. 26, 4.

ballista (better than balista; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. [ballô], a lārge military engine, resembling a bow, stretched with cords and thongs, by which masses of stone and other missiles were thrown to a great distance; a machine for projectiles, the ballista (orig. diff. from catapulta, which was used for throwing arrows; but afterwards often interchanged with it; cf. Vitr. 10, 16-18; Veg. 4, 22): centenariae, throwing stones of a hundred pounds weight, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: ballistae lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius, *Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 24, 40, 15; 21, 11, 10; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 9; id. H. 3, 23; 3, 29; 4, 23; Gell. 7 (6), 3; Sil. 1, 334; Luc. 2, 686; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 20;

6, 51.—Sportively: meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, umerus aries,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17. —For throwing other missiles, Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Luc. 2, 686; 3, 465.—

Transf., the weapon thrown, a missile, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 42;

Lucil. lib. XXVIII.: ballistas jactans centenarias. Sisenn. Hist. lib. IIII: ballistas quattuor talentarias,

Non. p. 555, 24 sq. —

Trop.:

jam infortunii intenta ballista probe,

an instrument, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 58.

Ballista, ae, v. 2. Balista.

ballista (better than balista; in Gloss. also ballistra), ae, f. [ballô], a lārge military engine, resembling a bow, stretched with cords and thongs, by which masses of stone and other missiles were thrown to a great distance; a machine for projectiles, the ballista (orig. diff. from catapulta, which was used for throwing arrows; but afterwards often interchanged with it; cf. Vitr. 10, 16-18; Veg. 4, 22): centenariae, throwing stones of a hundred pounds weight, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 555, 25: ballistae lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum eo graviores emissiones habent, quo sunt contenta atque adducta vehementius, *Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Liv. 24, 40, 15; 21, 11, 10; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 9; id. H. 3, 23; 3, 29; 4, 23; Gell. 7 (6), 3; Sil. 1, 334; Luc. 2, 686; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 20;

6, 51.—Sportively: meus est ballista pugnus, cubitus catapulta est mihi, umerus aries,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17. —For throwing other missiles, Caes. B. C. 2, 2; Luc. 2, 686; 3, 465.—

Transf., the weapon thrown, a missile, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 42;

Lucil. lib. XXVIII.: ballistas jactans centenarias. Sisenn. Hist. lib. IIII: ballistas quattuor talentarias,

Non. p. 555, 24 sq. —

Trop.:

jam infortunii intenta ballista probe,

an instrument, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 73; id. Bacch. 4, 4, 58.

Ballista, ae, v. 2. Balista.

jactūra, ae, f. [jacto], a throwing, a throwing away.

Lit., a throwing overboard:

si in mari jactura facienda sit, equine pretiosi potius jacturam faciat, an servuli vilis?

Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89:

gubernator, ubi naufragium timet, jactura, quidquid servari potest, redimit,

Curt. 5, 9, 3; Dig. 14, 2, 2, § 2.—

Transf.

Loss, damage, detriment:

si nullam praeterquam vitae jacturam fieri viderem,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

rei familiaris,

id. ib. 7, 64:

si qua jactura facienda sit in repraesentando,

Cic. Att. 12, 29, 2; cf.:

jacturae rei familiaris erunt faciendae,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

jacturas afferre,

Col. 1, 1:

jacturam pati, id. praef. l. l.: sarcinarum potius quam disciplinae facere,

Curt. 6, 6, 17:

fuit ordinis retinendi causa facienda jactura,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

jacturam gravissimam feci, si jactura dicenda est tanti viri amissio,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1.—Of men:

seniorum,

Liv. 5, 39:

equitum,

id. 22, 8; Curt. 4, 14, 17:

suorum,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

sepulcri,

want of, Verg. A. 2, 646.—

Expense, cost:

provincia sumptibus et jacturis exhausta,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 2; 3, 29:

non magnā jacturā factā,

id. Clu. 8, 23:

magnis jacturis sibi quorundam animos conciliare,

Caes. B. C. 3, 29:

eos ad se magnis jacturis pollicitationibusque perduxerant,

id. B. G. 6, 12, 1.—

A dismissal, turning away:

clientis,

Juv. 3, 125.—

Trop., loss or diminution:

concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etsi magnam jacturam causae fecero,

Cic. Div. 2, 15, 34:

dignitatis jacturam facere,

id. Planc. 2, 6:

jacturam criminum facere,

i. e. to omit in the accusation, id. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33:

jacturam honoris et dignitatis facere,

Caes. B. C. 1, 32:

temporis,

Liv. 39, 4:

parvā jacturā acceptā,

id. 4, 32:

nulla Sophocleo veniet jactura cothurno,

Ov. Am. 1, 15, 15; id. A. A. 2, 253:

humani generis,

id. M. 1, 246:

famae,

Juv. 6, 91.

rējectĭo, ōnis, f. [reicio], a throwing back, throwing away. *

Lit.:

sanguinis,

i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.—

Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).

In gen.:

selectio et item rejectio,

Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20:

quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis,

id. Balb. 12, 29.—

In partic.

In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge:

judicum,

Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.:

rejectione interpositā,

Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.—

Transf., in gen.:

excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire,

Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.—

Rhet. t. t.

In alium, a shifting off from one ' s self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.—

= Gr. apodiôxis, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.

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pīla, ae, f. [perh. for pisula, from root pis-; v. pinso, piso], a mortar (syn. mortarium):

pila, ubi triticum pinsant,

Cato, R. R. 14; Ov. Ib. 573:

zeae granum tunditur in pilā ligneā,

Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112:

si contuderis stultum in pilā,

Vulg. Prov. 27, 22: sal sordidum in pilā pisatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 158 Müll.

pīlă, ae, f. [for pigla, from root pag-, pig-, of pango, pe-pig-i, q. v.], a pillar (syn. columna): pila, quae parietem sustentat, ab opponendo dicta est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

locavit pilas pontis in Tiberim,

Liv. 40, 51:

salax taberna a pileatis nona fratribus pila, of the temple of Castor and Pollux,

Cat. 37, 1: nulla taberna meos habeat neque pila libellos, i. e. they are not to be publicly sold (as the booksellers had their stalls around the pillars of public buildings), Hor. S. 1, 4, 71; Vitr. 6, 11:

pilas operibus subdere,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 302; Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 23; Mart. 7, 61, 5.—

Transf., a pier or mole of stone:

saxea,

Verg. A. 9, 711; Vitr. 5, 12; Suet. Claud. 20; Sil. 4, 297.

pĭla, ae ( gen. sing. pilaï, Lucr. 5, 713; 720; 726), f. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Gr. pallô, brandish; Lat. pellere, drive; v. Corss. 1, 525 sqq.], a ball, playing-ball (syn. follis).

Lit.: pilā expulsim ludere, Varr. ap. Non. 104, 29:

di nos quasi pilas homines habent,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 22; id. Most. 1, 2, 73:

pilae studio teneri,

Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88; Hor. S. 1, 5, 49:

cum lapsa e manibus fugit pila,

Verg. Cir. 149, Prop. 3, 12 (4, 13), 5:

pila cadit aut mittentis vitio, aut accipientis... (pila) jactata et excepta,

Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 3:

pilam scite et diligenter excipere... apte et expedite remittere,

id. ib. 2, 32, 1:

pilam repetere, quae terram contigit,

Petr. 27:

reddere pilam,

Mart. 14, 46, 2. There were four sorts of pilæ:

trigonalis, paganica, follis, harpastum.—Prov.: mea pila est,

I have the ball, I have caught it, I've won, Plaut. Truc. 4, 1, 7:

claudus pilam,

Cic. Pis. 28, 69;

v. claudus: Fortunae pila,

the foot-ball of fortune, Aur. Vict. Epit. 18.—

Transf.

The game of ball:

quantum alii tribuunt alveolo, quantum pilae,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13.—

Of any thing round, a ball or globe of any material:

pilae lanuginis,

Plin. 12, 10, 21, § 38:

scarabaei e fimo ingentes pilas aversi pedibus volutant,

id. 11, 28, 34, § 98.—Of the globe of the earth (ante-class.): in terrae pila, Varr. ap. Non. 333, 25.—The ancients made use of a glass or crystal ball filled with water as a burning-glass:

cum addită aquā vitreae pilae sole adverso in tantum excandescunt, ut vestes exurant,

Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 199; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—The Roman ladies carried a crystal or amber ball to keep their hands cool, Prop. 2, 18, 60 (3, 18, 12); Mart. 11, 8.—Of the ball or lump of earth which adheres to the roots of a bush when torn up, Col. 5, 9. —Of the ballots or bails used by judges in voting, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 19; Ascon. Argum. Milon. fin. —Of stuffed balls or human figures: pilae et effigies viriles et muliebres ex lanā Compitalibus suspendebantur in compitis. quod hunc diem festum esse deorum inferorum quos vocant Lares, putarent: quibus tot pilae, quot capita servorum; tot effigies, quot essent liberi. ponebantur, ut vivis parcerent et essent his pilis et simulacris contenti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 239 Müll. Bulls were baited by throwing similar stuffed figures at their heads, Mart. Spect. 19, 2:

quantus erat cornu, cui pila taurus erat!

id. ib. 9;

hence, sed cui primus erat lusor dum floruit aetas, Nunc postquam desiit ludere prima pila est,

id. ib. 10, 86. As these effigies were usually torn by the throwing, the term is also applied to a torn toga, Mart. 2, 43, 6.—

In partic.:

pilae Nursicae, i. e. rapae rotundae,

Mart. 13, 20, 2.

strāges, is, f. [sterno, II. B.], a throwing down, throwing to the ground, overthrowing; an overthrow; confusion, confused heap or mass (cf.: acervus, strues; not freq. till after the Aug. per., esp. in Liv.; not in Cæs.).

Lit.

In gen.

With gen.:

strage armorum saepta via est,

Liv. 35, 30:

nemorum,

Sil. 3, 205:

ruinae,

Liv. 42, 63:

minarum,

id. 37, 32:

aedificiorum et hominum,

Tac. A. 1, 76:

obstantis molis,

id. H. 1, 86:

rerum in trepidatione nocturna passim relictarum,

Liv. 10, 34:

boum hominumque,

id. 41, 21:

canum volucrumque aviumque boumque,

Ov. M. 7, 536:

exercituum,

Val. Max. 6, 6, ext. 1.—

Absol.:

dabit ille (nimbus) ruinas Arboribus stragemque satis,

Verg. A. 12, 454:

atrox tempestas multis locis stragem fecit,

Liv. 40, 2:

strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

id. 5, 43; cf. id. 4, 33.—

Pregn., a mortal overthrow; a defeat, slaughter, massacre, butchery, carnage (syn.: caedes, clades): stragem horribilem caedemque vereri, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20; so (with caedes) Tac. A. 14, 36; Just. 10, 3, 1; Val. Max. 5, 6, 5; cf.:

quantas acies stragemque ciebunt!

Verg. A. 6, 829:

confusae stragis acervus,

id. ib. 6, 504:

complere strage campos,

Liv. 7, 24.—In plur.:

strages facere,

Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

strages edere,

id. Leg. 3, 9, 22; id. Att. 1, 16, 1; Verg. A. 9, 526; 9, 784; Just. 33, 2, 2; cf.

also II.: cruentae,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 132.—

Trop., overthrow, ruin, destruction:

quas ego pugnas et quantas strages edidi!

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1.

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