Latin

Verb

dēiciō ‎(present infinitive dēicere, perfect active dēiēcī, supine dēiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate.
2. I drive out, dislodge.
3. I kill, slay.
4. I lower, hang down, depress.
5. I deprive, rob (of).

Inflection

Derived terms

• dēiectiō
• dēiectō
• dēiector
• dēiectus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: dejected

References

• deicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• deicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici
    
  • to throw oneself from the ramparts: se deicere de muro
    
  • to throw some one down the Tarpeian rock: deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeio
    
  • to turn one's gaze away from an object: oculos deicere, removere ab aliqua re
    
  • to be forced to change one's mind: de sententia deici, depelli, deterreri
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de statu suo or mentis deici (Att. 16. 15)
    
  • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: de gradu deici, ut dicitur
    
  • to lose hope: spe deici, depelli, deturbari
    
  • to dispossess a person: demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
    
  • to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6): aliquem gradu movere, depellere or de gradu (statu) deicere
    
  • to be deposed from one's leading position: principatu deici (B. G. 7. 63)
    
  • to shake off the yoke of slavery: iugum servile a cervicibus deicere (Phil. 1. 2. 6)
    
  • to drive the enemy from his position: loco movere, depellere, deicere hostem (B. G. 7. 51)
    
  • to be driven out of one's course; to drift: deferri, deici aliquo