rē-ĭcĭo — Lewis & Short
rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl.,
Stat. Th. 4, 574;I
and likewise reice,Verg. E. 3, 96;
and perh. also,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. jacio, to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).
I Lit.
A In gen.
a Of inanim. objects:
imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit,Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570:
telum in hostes,Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back, fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.:
togam in umerum,Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140:
togam a sinistro,id. 11, 3, 144:
togam ab umero,Liv. 23, 8 fin.:
amictum ex umeris,Verg. A. 5, 421:
ex umeris' vestem,Ov. M. 2, 582:
de corpore vestem,id. ib. 9, 32:
penulam,Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.:
sagulum,Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26:
amictum,Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13:
vestem,Cat. 66, 81 al.:
ab ore colubras,Ov. M. 4, 474:
capillum circum caput neglegenter,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 50: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:
manus post terga,Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one's back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3:
parmas,Verg. A. 11, 619:
ut janua in publicum reiceretur,might be thrown back, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112:
fatigata membra rejecit,i. e. stretched on the ground, Curt. 10, 5, 3:
voluit ... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora,to push back, Ov. M. 9, 51:
librum e gremio suo,to fling away, id. Tr. 1, 1, 66:
sanguinem ore,to cast up, vomit, Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so,
sanguinem,Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2:
bilem,Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106:
vinum,Suet. Aug. 77:
aliquid ab stomacho,Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.:
oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis,turns away, averts, Verg. A. 10, 473:
pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit,echoed, Lucr. 4, 570.—
b Of living objects, to drive back, chase back, force back, repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors):
hominem,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19:
aliquem,id. Merc. 5, 2, 69:
in bubilem reicere (boves),id. Pers. 2, 5, 18:
pascentes a flumine capellas,Verg. E. 3, 96:
in postremam aciem,to place in the rear, Liv. 8, 8.—
(b) Reicere se, to throw or cast one's self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one's self anywhere:
tum illa Rejecit se in eum,flung herself into his arms, Ter. And. 1, 1, 109:
se in gremium tuom,Lucr. 1, 34:
se in grabatum,Petr. 92, 3; cf.:
in cubile rejectus est,id. 103, 5; cf.:
fatigata membra rejecit,leaned back, Curt. 10, 5, 3.—
B In partic.
1 Milit. t. t., to force back, beat back, repel, repulse the enemy (cf.:
repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant,Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin.:
reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt,id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin.:
Tusci rejecti armis,Verg. A. 11, 630:
ab Antiocheā hostem,Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.:
praesidia adversariorum Calydone,Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr.).—
2 Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so,
naves,id. ib. 5, 23:
a Leucopetrā profectus ... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram,Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88:
sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur,id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.
II Trop.
A In gen., to cast off, remove, repel, reject:
abs te socordiam omnem reice,Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.):
quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat,Lucr. 6, 81:
(hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini,Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153:
ab his reicientur plagae balistarum,Vitr. 10, 20:
foedum contactum a casto corpore,Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. prol. 18:
ferrum et audaciam,Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf.
ictus,Stat. Th. 6, 770; and:
minas Hannibalis retrorsum,Hor. C. 4, 8, 16:
(in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient,Quint. 6, 3, 5.—
B In partic.
1 Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse, scorn, disdain, despise; esp. of a lover, etc.:
forsitan nos reiciat,Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 5:
petentem,Ov. M. 9, 512:
Lydiam,Hor. C. 3, 9, 20:
Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere,Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16:
refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor,id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55:
qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat,id. Fin. 1, 2, 4;
of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset,Liv. 2, 31, 9:
recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit,Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11:
ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria,Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf.
(vulgares reïce taedas, deligere),Ov. M. 14, 677:
rejectā praedā,Hor. S. 2, 3, 68:
condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium,Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—
b In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside, challenge peremptorily, reject the judges appointed by lot:
cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret,Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—
c In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. a)poprohgme/na), rejectable things, i. e. evils to be rejected, Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—
2 With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to, make over to, remand to:
ad ipsam te epistulam reicio,Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8:
in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis?id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—
b Publicists' t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter, or the one whom it concerns, from one's self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.):
totam rem ad Pompeium,Caes. B. C. 3, 17:
senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit,Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.:
ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta,id. 40, 29; and:
rem ad senatum,id. 5, 22, 1:
aliquid ad pontificum collegium,id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2:
rem ad Hannibalem,Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28:
tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias,Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects:
legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc.,Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol.:
tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt,Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin.—
c With respect to time, to put off to a later period, to defer, postpone (Ciceronian):
a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1:
reliqua in mensem Januarium,id. ib. 2, 1, 3:
repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus,id. Att. 1, 4, 1.— *
d Reicere se aliquo, to fling one's self on a thing, i. e. apply one's self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem ... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.