verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation
obiciō
obiciō (present infinitive obicere, perfect active obiēcī, supine obiectum)
Classical[ɔbˈjɪ.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[obˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]
Meaning
- to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
- to present, expose, hold out, offer
- to turn over, give over
- to cast in the way, interpose; set against, oppose, object
- figurativelyto throw out against someone, taunt, reproach or upbraid with
- figurativelyto bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit, produce, cause
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ante pōnō; opponōobiciō -ere — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 24
throw before, oppose
obiciō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obiciō | obiciēbam | obiciam | obiēcī | obiēceram | obiēcerō |
| 2nd sg. | obicis | obiciēbās | obiciēs | obiēcistī | obiēcerās | obiēceris |
| 3rd sg. | obicit | obiciēbat | obiciet | obiēcit | obiēcerat | obiēcerit |
| 1st pl. | obicimus | obiciēbāmus | obiciēmus | obiēcimus | obiēcerāmus | obiēcerimus |
| 2nd pl. | obicitis | obiciēbātis | obiciētis | obiēcistis | obiēcerātis | obiēceritis |
| 3rd pl. | obiciunt | obiciēbant | obicient | obiēcērunt obiēcēre | obiēcerant | obiēcerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obiciam | obicerem | obiēcerim | obiēcissem |
| 2nd sg. | obiciās | obicerēs | obiēcerīs | obiēcissēs |
| 3rd sg. | obiciat | obiceret | obiēcerit | obiēcisset |
| 1st pl. | obiciāmus | obicerēmus | obiēcerīmus | obiēcissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | obiciātis | obicerētis | obiēcerītis | obiēcissētis |
| 3rd pl. | obiciant | obicerent | obiēcerint | obiēcissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obicior | obiciēbar | obiciar |
| 2nd sg. | obiceris obicere | obiciēbāris obiciēbāre | obiciēris obiciēre |
| 3rd sg. | obicitur | obiciēbātur | obiciētur |
| 1st pl. | obicimur | obiciēbāmur | obiciēmur |
| 2nd pl. | obiciminī | obiciēbāminī | obiciēminī |
| 3rd pl. | obiciuntur | obiciēbantur | obicientur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | obiciar | obicerer |
| 2nd sg. | obiciāris obiciāre | obicerēris obicerēre |
| 3rd sg. | obiciātur | obicerētur |
| 1st pl. | obiciāmur | obicerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | obiciāminī | obicerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | obiciantur | obicerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | obice | obicere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | obicite | obiciminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | obicitō | obicitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | obicitō | obicitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | obicitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | obiciuntō | obiciuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | obicere | obicī ōbiicī |
| perfect infinitive | obiēcisse | obiectum esse |
| future infinitive | obiectūrum esse | obiectum īrī |
| present participle | obiciēns obiciente, obicientem, obicientēs, obicientī, obicientia, obicientibus, obicientis, obicientīs, obicientium | — |
| perfect participle | — | obiectus obiecta, obiectā, obiectae, obiectam, obiectārum, obiectās, obiecte, obiectī, obiectīs, obiectō, obiectōrum, obiectōs |
| future participle | obiectūrus obiectūra, obiectūrā, obiectūrae, obiectūram, obiectūrārum, obiectūrās, obiectūre, obiectūrī, obiectūrīs, obiectūrō, obiectūrōrum, obiectūrōs, obiectūrum | obiciendus obiciundus, obicienda, obiciendā, obiciendae, obiciendam, obiciendārum, obiciendās, obiciende, obiciendīs, obiciendōrum, obiciendōs |
gerundobiciendī, obiciendō, obiciendumsupineobiectum, obiectū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- se obicere telis
- to expose oneself to missiles.
- fortunae obiectum esse
- to be abandoned to fate.
ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.;
I. perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37:
objexis, id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. ob-jacio, to throw or put before or towards, to throw to, to hold before or out, to offer, present, expose; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or simply aliquid; but sometimes also, instead of the dat., with pro aliquā re, contra, ad, in aliquid; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono). I. Lit.:
ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70: si alia quae obiciant non habuerint, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15: cibum canibus, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145: parricidae corpus feris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26: offam (Cerbero), Verg. A. 6, 420: pisces diripiunt carnes objectas, Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): argentum, to throw to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to throw to the wild beasts in the circus: aliquem feris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.: vivos homines laniandos obicere, Suet. Ner. 37: florem veteris vini naribus, to hold before, present to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: si tale visum objectum est a deo dormienti, brought before, presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48: huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non sum passus, to be exposed, id. Mil. 14, 37: exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4: ne objexis manum, don't raise your hand, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —B. In partic., to throw or place before by way of defence or hinderance; to cast in the way, set against, oppose:
Alpium vallum contra ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum ... obicio et oppono, Cic. Pis. 33, 81: carros pro vallo, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: ericium portis, id. B. C. 3, 67: faucibus portūs navem submersam, id. ib. 3, 39; 3, 66: se hostium telis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: se ei objecit, Nep. Hann. 5, 1: maximo aggere objecto, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of arms: objecta tela perfregit, Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49: scutum, Liv. 2, 10: hastas, id. 36, 18: clipeosque ad tela sinistris Protecti obiciunt, oppose, Verg. A. 2, 444: objecit sese ad currum, threw himself before the chariot, id. ib. 12, 372.—II. Trop.
A. In gen., to throw before or over, to put or bring before, to present; to give up, expose to any thing; and, in gen., to bring upon one, to impart, superinduce, cause, occasion, etc.:
noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62: nubem oculis, Ov. M. 12, 32: plerique victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47: consulem morti, to deliver up, abandon, id. Vatin. 9, 23: obicitur (consulatus) contionibus seditiosorum ... ad omne denique periculum, id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in: numquam me pro salute vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes ... objecissem, Cic. Arch. 6, 14: obicere se in impetus profligatorum hominum, id. ib. 6, 14. —With adversus: se unico consule objecto adversus tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse, Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui multa Thebano populo acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti primus obicerem, that I might have set before him, i. e. prepared for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12: alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat, to suggest, Liv. 5, 15: alicui lucrum, to procure, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45: sollicitudinem, to cause, id. Mil. 3, 1, 29: terrorem hosti, Liv. 27, 1: spem, id. 6, 14: furorem alicui objecit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: rabiem canibus, Verg. A. 7, 479.—Pass., to be occasioned, to befall, happen, occur to one: mihi mala res obicitur aliqua, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5: malum mihi obicitur, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18: obicitur animo metus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—2. To put in the way, interpose:
omnis exceptio interponitur a reo, Gai. Inst. 4, 119: cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio, id. ib. 4, 123.—B. In partic., to throw out against one, to taunt, reproach, or upbraid with any thing, as a crime (cf.:
criminor, exprobro): facinora, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25: alicui multa probra, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285: ignobilitatem alicui, id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse, id. Att. 1, 16, 10: parcius ista viris obicienda memento, Verg. E. 3, 7.—With quod: Cato objecit ut probrum M. Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut vitium, Cic. ap. Sall. 8: crimen, Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to reproach one respecting, on account of any thing: de Cispio mihi igitur obicies? etc., Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In pass.: nam quod objectum est de pudicitiā, etc., Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a. A. Lying before or opposite:
insula objecta Alexandriae, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: silva pro nativo muro, id. B. G. 6, 10: flumina, Verg. G. 3, 253: Cyprus Syriae objecta, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—B. Exposed; constr. with dat. or ad:
objectus fortunae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: invidiae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20: ad omnes casus, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—C. Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations:
de objectis non confiteri, Cic. Dom. 35, 93: objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere, Quint. 7, 2, 29: objecta diluere, id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
obiciō (not obiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere
ob+ iacio, to throw before, throw to, cast, offer, present, expose: corpus feris: alcui offam, V.: legatum hominibus feris, Cs.: si tale visum obiectum est a deo dormienti, presented: huic (sicae) obici pro me, be exposed.—To throw before, use as a defence, cast in the way, set against, oppose: Alpium vallum contra ascensum Gallorum: erat obiectus portus ericius, Cs.: se ei, N.: maximo aggere obiecto: cum in obiecto (tela) scuto haesissent, L.: sese ad currum, flung himself before the chariot, V.—Fig., to throw before, put before, present, offer, give up, expose: Unum ex iudicibus selectis, hold up as an example, H.: debilitati obiectā specie voluptatis: delenimentum animis agri divisionem obici, L.: Noctem peccatis, H.: nubem oculis, O.: consulem morti, abandon: obicitur (consulatus) ad periculum: me in tot dimicationes.—To bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit (cf. inicio): nos quibus est obiectus labos, T.: qui sibi eam mentem obiecissent, ut, etc., suggested, L.: furorem Roscio: canibus rabiem, V.—Pass, to be occasioned, befall, happen, occur: mihi mali obici Tantum, T.: tantis difficultatibus obiectis, Cs.: obicitur animo metus. —To throw out against, object, taunt, reproach, upbraid with: ei probris obiectis: exercitu Caesaris luxuriem, Cs.: id adversario, to make such an attack on: Parcius ista viris obicienda memento, V.: obiecit ut probrum Nobiliori, quod is in provinciam poëtas duxisset: de Cispio mihi igitur obicies?: quod obiectum est de pudicitiā.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō From ob- (“towards, against”) + iaciō (“to throw, hurl”).
Descendants
- Englishobject
- Englishobjection
- Spanishobjeto
In English words that came into English from obiciō
- objectiveobiectīvus
- objectobiectum
- objectionobiectio
- obexobex
- objicientobiciēns