ōbĭcĭo — Lewis & Short
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.