ad-jĭcĭo

ad-jĭcĭo (better adicio), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast a thing to, to put or place at or near. —Constr.: aliquid alicui rei.

In gen.:

rogum bustumve novum vetat propius sexaginta pedes adici aedes alienas,

to place nearer than, Cic. Leg. 2, 24:

hordei numero ad summam tritici adjecto,

id. Verr. 3, 188:

adjectoque cavae supplentur sanguine venae,

Ov. M. 7, 291; so ib. 266; 14, 276.— More freq. trop.: quo ne imprudentiam quidem oculorum adici fas fuit, to turn the eyes pryingly to, to direct the sight to, etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 36:

Parthus adjecit Armeniae manum,

Vell. 2, 100:

album calculum errori,

to approve, Plin. Ep. 1, 2. —With in:

virus in anguīs,

Ov. A. A. 3, 7:

telum ex locis superioribus in litus,

to throw, to hurl, Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 3.—

Transf. to mental objects, to turn or direct the mind, eye, etc., to, to fasten them upon something.—With dat. or ad:

qui amabilitati animum adiceret,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 1:

animum militi,

id. Mil. 3, 3, 34:

ad virginem animum adjecit,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 63:

cum ad omnia vestra pauci homines cupiditatis oculos adjecissent,

Cic. Agr. 2, 10:

plane videbant adjectum esse oculum hereditati,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37 (diff. from adicere oculos, cited above):

adjecit animum ad consilium,

Liv. 25, 37:

novo etiam consilio animum adjecit,

id. 28, 33.—

Esp.

To add or apply to a thing by way of increase, to increase, = prostithenai (cf. addo).— Lit. and trop.; constr. with ad or dat.:

ad bellicam laudem ingenii gloriam,

Cic. Off. 1, 32:

decus alicui,

Vell. 2, 36:

aliquantum ea res duci famae et auctoritatis adjecit,

Liv. 44, 33: so id. 10, 7; 24, 5; Tac. Agr. 26; Suet. Oth. 11; id. Tib. 67; id. Calig. 15; id. Caes. 38 al.:

morem ritusque sacrorum adiciam,

Verg. A. 12, 837:

adjecere bonae paulo plus artis Athenac,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 43; so Ov. M. 10, 656; id. P. l, 8, 56; Vulg. Matt. 6, 27 and 33; also to add a new thought to what has preceded (cf.: addo, accedo, advenio; hence, like addo, in the sing., though several persons are addressed):

huc natas adice septem,

Ov. M. 6, 182.—

Of a speaker, to add to what has already been said. —Constr. with acc. and inf. (only in Vell. and in the histt. after the Aug. per.):

adiciens numquam defuturos raprores Italicae libertatis lupos,

Vell. 2, 27, 2; so,

adjecerat Tiberius non id tempus censurae nec defuturum corrigendi auctorem,

Tac. A. 2, 33:

adjecit in domo ejus venenum esse,

id. ib. 4, 21.—Rarely followed by orat. directa:

cum dixisset... adjecissetque: Si quid huic acciderit, etc.,

Vell. 2, 32, 1.—With ut and subj., Liv. 2, 27.—

In anctions, t. t., to add to a bid, to out-bid: liciti sunt usque adeo, quoad se efficere posse arbitrabantur;

super adjecit Aeschrio,

bid on, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77 B. and K.; but cf. Zumpt ad h. l.; Dig. 18, 2, 19.—

In gen., in the Vulg. by Hebraism (cf.), to add to do, to do further: adjecit Dominus loqui, the Lord furthermore spake, Isa. 7, 10:

non adiciet, ut resurgat,

ib. 24, 20:

adiciens dixit parabolam,

ib. Luc. 19, 11.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

circum-ĭcĭo or circum-jĭcĭo (access. form circum-jăcĭo, Liv 33, 18, 17, where more recent editt. read circumagere), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a.

To cast, throw, or place around (in good class. prose)' amic tum, Varr. L. L. 5, § 132:

vallum, Liv 35, 4, 6: fossam quoque et alia munimenta verticibus iis... circumjecere,

id. 38, 19, 5:

pars urbis, cui brevior orbis munitionis circumjectus erat,

id. 36, 9, 12 miles moenibus Cremonensium castra sua, castris vallum circumjecerat, Tac H. 3, 26 vehicula, id. A. 14, 37' multitudinem hominum totis moenibus, Caes. B. G. 2, 6 equites levisque armaturae quod erat cornibus circumjectum, Liv. 33, 18, 11 custodes, Tac. A. 6, 19 al.—In pass. with acc. (depending on circum):

quod anguis vectem circumjectus fuisset,

had wound itself around, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 62.—Hence, circumjec-tus, a, um, of localities, lying around, surrounding ' aedificia muris, Liv. 9, 28, 5:

silvae itineri,

id. 35, 30, 6:

moenia regiae,

Tac. H. 5, 11 fin. — Absol.:

lucus, Liv 31, 24, 17: silvae,

Suet. Aug. 100:

campi,

Curt. 3, 1, 3:

nemora,

id. 3, 10, 2 oppida, Tac. A. 4, 27:

nationes,

id. ib. 6, 31;

12, 31: civitates,

id. H. 3, 43 fin.. tecta, id A 15, 37.— Subst.' circumjecta, ōrum, n. (sc. loca), the neighborhood:

vagi circumjecta populabantur,

Tac. A. 1, 21.— Trop., of discourse (cf. circumjaceo, II.): circumjectae orationis copia, standing by, * Quint. 4, 2, 117.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to encompass or environ, to surround: extremitatem caeli rotundo ambitu, Cic. Univ. 8, 23:

planities saltibus circumjecta,

surrounded, Tac. A. 2, 11.

dīs-ĭcĭo (or dissĭcio, Lucr. 3, 639; less correctly, dis-jĭcio), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw asunder; to drive asunder; to scatter, disperse (freq. in poets and historians, esp. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic., Plaut., or Ter.).

In gen.:

partibus disjectis disque supatis,

Lucr. 1, 651; cf. id. 1, 1020:

materies,

id. 2, 939:

vis animaï (with dispertita and discissa),

id. 3, 639:

equi,

id. 5, 400:

in vasta urbe lateque omnibus disjectis moenibus,

i. e. distributed, stretching out in various directions, Liv. 24, 2; cf. id. 24, 33 fin.:

disjecta nube,

Plin. 2, 49, 50, § 134:

nubes,

Ov. M. 10, 179:

nubila,

id. ib. 1, 328:

membra,

id. ib. 3, 724; cf.:

corpora ponto (with age diversos),

Verg. A. 1, 70:

rates,

id. ib. 1, 43; cf.:

naves passim,

Liv. 30, 24:

naves in aperta Oceani,

Tac. A. 2, 23 et saep.:

frontem mediam mentumque securi,

Verg. A. 12, 308; cf.: scyphus in duas partes disjectus, Varr. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 3:

crinem disjecta Venus,

with dishevelled hair, Sil. 5, 203;

of money,

to squander, Val. Max. 3, 5, 2.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to disperse, scatter, rout the enemy:

ea (phalange) disjecta,

Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; Liv. 44, 41; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B.: Sall. C. 61, 3; id. J. 50, 6; Nep. Milt. 2 al.:

hostium disjecta frangere,

the scattered enemy, Amm. 29, 4.—

Pregn., to dash to pieces, lay in ruins, destroy; to frustrate, thwart, bring to naught.

Lit.:

arcem a fundamentis,

Nep. Timol. 3, 3:

moenia urbium,

id. ib. § 2; Ov. M. 12, 109:

statuas,

Suet. Caes. 75:

sepulchra,

id. ib. 81 al.:

globum consensionis,

to dissolve, Nep. Att. 8, 4:

pecuniam,

i. e. to squander, Val. Max. 3, 5, 2; cf. absol.: dide, disice, per me licet, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37.—

Trop. (i. q. discutere, II. B. 2.):

dissice compositam pacem,

Verg. A. 7, 339; so,

pacem,

Sil. 2, 295:

rem,

Liv. 2, 35:

consilia ducis,

id. 25, 14:

cogitationem regiam,

Vell. 1, 10:

exspectationem novarum tabularum,

Suet. Caes. 42.

inter-jăcĭo and inter-jĭcĭo, jēci, jectum (in tmesi:

inter enim jecta est,

Lucr. 3, 859), 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast between; to set, place, or put between; to join or add to, to intermix (class., most freq. in the part. pass.):

legionarias cohortes,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

pleraque sermone Latino,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

id interjecit inter individuum, atque id, quod, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 7:

preces ct minas,

Tac. A. 1, 23:

moram,

id. H. 3, 81. — Hence, interjectus, a, um, Part., thrown or placed between; interposed, interspersed, intervening, intermingled, intermediate; constr. with dat. or inter.

With dat.:

nasus oculis interjectus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57.—

With inter:

interjecti inter philosophos, et eos qui, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

aer inter mare et caelum,

id. N. D. 2, 26:

inter has personas me interjectum amici moleste ferunt,

id. Phil. 12, 7, 18.—

Absol.:

quasi longo intervallo interjecto,

as it were a great way off, id. Off. 1, 9:

anno interjecto,

after a year, id. Prov. Cons. 8:

paucis interjectis diebus,

after a few days, Liv. 1, 58.—

With Gr. acc.: erat interjecta comas, with loose, dishevelled hair, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 28 dub.— Subst.: in-terjecta, ōrum, n. plur., places lying between, interjacent places:

interjecta inter Romam et Arpos,

Liv. 9, 13.

inter-jăcĭo and inter-jĭcĭo, jēci, jectum (in tmesi:

inter enim jecta est,

Lucr. 3, 859), 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast between; to set, place, or put between; to join or add to, to intermix (class., most freq. in the part. pass.):

legionarias cohortes,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

pleraque sermone Latino,

Tac. A. 2, 10:

id interjecit inter individuum, atque id, quod, etc.,

Cic. Univ. 7:

preces ct minas,

Tac. A. 1, 23:

moram,

id. H. 3, 81. — Hence, interjectus, a, um, Part., thrown or placed between; interposed, interspersed, intervening, intermingled, intermediate; constr. with dat. or inter.

With dat.:

nasus oculis interjectus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57.—

With inter:

interjecti inter philosophos, et eos qui, etc.,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92:

aer inter mare et caelum,

id. N. D. 2, 26:

inter has personas me interjectum amici moleste ferunt,

id. Phil. 12, 7, 18.—

Absol.:

quasi longo intervallo interjecto,

as it were a great way off, id. Off. 1, 9:

anno interjecto,

after a year, id. Prov. Cons. 8:

paucis interjectis diebus,

after a few days, Liv. 1, 58.—

With Gr. acc.: erat interjecta comas, with loose, dishevelled hair, Claud. Epith. Pall. et Celer. 28 dub.— Subst.: in-terjecta, ōrum, n. plur., places lying between, interjacent places:

interjecta inter Romam et Arpos,

Liv. 9, 13.

rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574;

and likewise reice,

Verg. E. 3, 96;

and perh. also,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).

Lit.

In gen.

Of inanim. objects:

imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit,

Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570:

telum in hostes,

Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back, fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.:

togam in umerum,

Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140:

togam a sinistro,

id. 11, 3, 144:

togam ab umero,

Liv. 23, 8 fin.:

amictum ex umeris,

Verg. A. 5, 421:

ex umeris' vestem,

Ov. M. 2, 582:

de corpore vestem,

id. ib. 9, 32:

penulam,

Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.:

sagulum,

Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26:

amictum,

Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13:

vestem,

Cat. 66, 81 al.:

ab ore colubras,

Ov. M. 4, 474:

capillum circum caput neglegenter,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 50: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

manus post terga,

Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one ' s back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:

parmas,

Verg. A. 11, 619:

ut janua in publicum reiceretur,

might be thrown back, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112:

fatigata membra rejecit,

i. e. stretched on the ground, Curt. 10, 5, 3:

voluit... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora,

to push back, Ov. M. 9, 51:

librum e gremio suo,

to fling away, id. Tr. 1, 1, 66:

sanguinem ore,

to cast up, vomit, Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so,

sanguinem,

Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2:

bilem,

Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106:

vinum,

Suet. Aug. 77:

aliquid ab stomacho,

Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.:

oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis,

turns away, averts, Verg. A. 10, 473:

pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit,

echoed, Lucr. 4, 570.—

Of living objects, to drive back, chase back, force back, repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors):

hominem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:

aliquem,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 69:

in bubilem reicere (boves),

id. Pers. 2, 5, 18:

pascentes a flumine capellas,

Verg. E. 3, 96:

in postremam aciem,

to place in the rear, Liv. 8, 8.—

Reicere se, to throw or cast one ' s self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one ' s self anywhere:

tum illa Rejecit se in eum,

flung herself into his arms, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109:

se in gremium tuom,

Lucr. 1, 34:

se in grabatum,

Petr. 92, 3; cf.:

in cubile rejectus est,

id. 103, 5; cf.:

fatigata membra rejecit,

leaned back, Curt. 10, 5, 3.—

In partic.

Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.:

repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,

Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.:

reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,

id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.:

Tusci rejecti armis,

Verg. A. 11, 630:

ab Antiocheā hostem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.:

praesidia adversariorum Calydone,

Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).—

Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so,

naves,

id. ib. 5, 23:

a Leucopetrā profectus... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,

Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88:

sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,

id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.

Trop.

In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject:

abs te socordiam omnem reice,

Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.):

quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,

Lucr. 6, 81:

(hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:

ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,

Vitr. 10, 20:

foedum contactum a casto corpore,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18:

ferrum et audaciam,

Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf.

ictus,

Stat. Th. 6, 770; and:

minas Hannibalis retrorsum,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 16:

(in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,

Quint. 6, 3, 5.—

In partic.

Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.:

forsitan nos reiciat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5:

petentem,

Ov. M. 9, 512:

Lydiam,

Hor. C. 3, 9, 20:

Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,

Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,

id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:

qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 4;

of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,

Liv. 2, 31, 9:

recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:

ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,

Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf.

(vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),

Ov. M. 14, 677:

rejectā praedā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:

condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,

Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—

In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot:

cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,

Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—

In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. apoproêgmena), rejectable things, i. e. evils to be rejected, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—

With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to:

ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,

Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8:

in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?

id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—

Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one ' s self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.):

totam rem ad Pompeium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 17:

senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,

Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.:

ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,

id. 40, 29; and:

rem ad senatum,

id. 5, 22, 1:

aliquid ad pontificum collegium,

id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2:

rem ad Hannibalem,

Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28:

tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,

Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects:

legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,

Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.:

tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,

Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin. —

With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian):

a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:

reliqua in mensem Januarium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,

id. Att. 1, 4, 1.—

Reicere se aliquo, to fling one ' s self on a thing, i. e. apply one ' s self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.