LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation

abiciō

abiciō (present infinitive abicere, perfect active abiēcī, supine abiectum)
Classical[aˈbɪ.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[abˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Meaning

  1. to throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside
  2. to give up, abandon; expose; discard
  3. to humble, degrade, reduce, lower, cast down
  4. to overthrow, vanquish
  5. to sell cheaply, undervalue; waste; degrade, belittle
  6. to throw oneself on the ground; throw oneself away, degrade oneself, give up in despair
  7. to discharge, fling, hurl, cast, throw

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Conjugation

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.abiciōabiciēbamabiciamabiēcīabiēceramabiēcerō
2nd sg.abicisabiciēbāsabiciēsabiēcistīabiēcerāsabiēceris
3rd sg.abicitabiciēbatabicietabiēcitabiēceratabiēcerit
1st pl.abicimusabiciēbāmusabiciēmusabiēcimusabiēcerāmusabiēcerimus
2nd pl.abicitisabiciēbātisabiciētisabiēcistisabiēcerātisabiēceritis
3rd pl.abiciuntabiciēbantabicientabiēcērunt
abiēcēre		abiēcerantabiēcerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.abiciamabiceremabiēcerimabiēcissem
2nd sg.abiciāsabicerēsabiēcerīsabiēcissēs
3rd sg.abiciatabiceretabiēceritabiēcisset
1st pl.abiciāmusabicerēmusabiēcerīmusabiēcissēmus
2nd pl.abiciātisabicerētisabiēcerītisabiēcissētis
3rd pl.abiciantabicerentabiēcerintabiēcissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.abiciorabiciēbarabiciar
2nd sg.abiceris
abicere		abiciēbāris
abiciēbāre		abiciēris
abiciēre
3rd sg.abiciturabiciēbāturabiciētur
1st pl.abicimurabiciēbāmurabiciēmur
2nd pl.abiciminīabiciēbāminīabiciēminī
3rd pl.abiciunturabiciēbanturabicientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.abiciarabicerer
2nd sg.abiciāris
abiciāre		abicerēris
abicerēre
3rd sg.abiciāturabicerētur
1st pl.abiciāmurabicerēmur
2nd pl.abiciāminīabicerēminī
3rd pl.abicianturabicerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.abiceabicere
pres. 2nd pl.abiciteabiciminī
fut. 2nd sg.abicitōabicitor
fut. 3rd sg.abicitōabicitor
fut. 2nd pl.abicitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.abiciuntōabiciuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveabicereabicī
perfect infinitiveabiēcisseabiectum esse
future infinitiveabiectūrum esseabiectum īrī
present participleabiciēns—
perfect participle—abiectus
abiecta, abiectā, abiectae, abiectam, abiectārum, abiectās, abiecte, abiectī, abiectīs, abiectō, abiectōrum, abiectōs
future participleabiectūrus
abiectūra, abiectūrā, abiectūrae, abiectūram, abiectūrārum, abiectūrās, abiectūre, abiectūrī, abiectūrīs, abiectūrō, abiectūrōrum, abiectūrōs, abiectūrum		abiciendus
abiciundus, abicienda, abiciendā, abiciendae, abiciendam, abiciendārum, abiciendās, abiciende, abiciendīs, abiciendōrum, abiciendōs, abiciunda, abiciundā, abiciundae, abiciundam, abiciundārum, abiciundās, abiciunde, abiciundī, abiciundīs, abiciundō, abiciundōrum, abiciundōs, abiciundum
gerundabiciendī, abiciendō, abiciendumsupineabiectum, abiectū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

arma abicere
to throw away one's arms.
spem abicere, deponere
to give up hoping.
abicere, omittere timorem
to banish one's fears.
consilium abicere or deponere
to let a plan fall through.
dolorem abicere, deponere, depellere
to banish grief.
omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)
to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity.
ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
to throw oneself at some one's feet.
cogitationes in res humiles abicere (De Amic. 9. 32) (Opp. alte spectare, ad altiora tendere, altum, magnificum, divinum suspicere)
to study the commonplace.

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.
I. Lit.: 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.
II. Fig.
A. In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.: 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).
B. In partic.
1. To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon: 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).
2. 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: plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto, Cic. Att. 3, 2.—
B. Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20: 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.
1. Dispiritedly, despondingly: in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—
2. Low, meanly: quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt, Tac. Or. 8: incuriose et abjecte verbum positum, improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Italic*ap
  4. Latinabiciō

Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin abiciō From ab- (“from, down or away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Descendants
  • Englishabject
  • Italianabiettare
  • Portugueseabjetar
  • Spanishabyectar

Quick answers

What does abiciō mean in Latin?
abiciō, a verb, means “to throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose”.
What are the principal parts of abiciō?
abiciō, abicere, abiēcī (third (-iō variant) conjugation).
How do you pronounce abiciō?
In classical Latin, [aˈbɪ.ki.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [abˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o].
Where does abiciō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep → Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó → Proto-Italic *ap → Latin abiciō.