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1 abicio
ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.I.ăbĭci,
Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;ăbĭcit,
Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.Lit.:II.in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:scutum,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:insigne regium de capite,
id. Sest. 27:socer ad pedes abjectus,
id. ib. 34; so,se ad pedes,
id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:se e muro in mare,
id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,corpus in mare,
id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,
id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:se abjecit exanimatus,
he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:si te uret sarcina, abicito,
throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:anulum in mari,
Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:statuas in propatulo domi,
Nep. Hann. 9, 3:cadaver in viā,
Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:ubi cadaver abjeceris,
Tac. A. 1, 22.Fig.A.In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:B.ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,
as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:vitam,
Cic. Att. 3, 19:salutem pro aliquo,
id. Planc. 33:memoriam beneficiorum,
id. Phil. 8, 11:versum,
to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).In partic.1.To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:2.abicimus ista,
we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,
I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:abjectis nugis,
nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.3.Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.A.Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:B.plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,
Cic. Att. 3, 2.—Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:1.contemptum atque abjectum,
id. Agr. 2, 34:verbis nec inops nec abjectus,
id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:animus abjectior,
Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:animus abjectissimus,
Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.Dispiritedly, despondingly:2.in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—Low, meanly:quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,
Tac. Or. 8:incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,
improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.
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