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“eject” in Latin

The English word eject itself goes back to Latin ex, through ēiectus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

eject
ejicere (with ex or de; seldom ablative only, except with domo [ = out of the house, or out of one’s home]: cast out: also of casting up through the mouth; blood, sanguinem): pellere aliqua re, ex or de aliqua re (drive away or out, domo, civitate, patria, foro or e foro): expellere aliqua re, ex or ab aliqua re (drive out, domo, ex urbe, civitate, ex republica; from one’s possessions, possessionibus; from one’s country, a patria): depellere aliquem aliqua re and de aliqua re (drive away: urbe, ex urbe, deprovincia): exigere aliquem aliqua re, ex or de aliqua re (domo; e civitate): dejicere ex or de (cast out violently, especially as military technical term; out of the fort, ex castello; from his estate, de fundo).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for eject?
The usual Latin words for “eject” are sanguī̆s, domus, cīvitās; also patria, forum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.