Latin

Alternative forms

• jacio

Verb

iaciō ‎(present infinitive iacere, perfect active iēcī, supine iactum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away.

   Alea iacta est.‎

   The die has been cast.

2. I lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect.
3. I send forth, emit; bring forth, produce.
4. I scatter, sow, throw.
5. (as a shadow) I project.
6. (figuratively) I throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (send forth, emit): ēmittō, mittō
• (throw, hurl): iaculor, lībrō, mittō

Derived terms

Related terms

• iaceō

References

• iacio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iacio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be broken down by misfortune: in malis iacere
    
  • (ambiguous) to let fall an expression: voces iacere (Sall. Iug. 11)
    
  • (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
    
  • (ambiguous) to lay the foundations: fundamenta iacere, agere
    
  • (ambiguous) to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
    
  • (ambiguous) to be out of range: extra teli iactum, coniectum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to raise a rampart, earthwork: vallum iacere, exstruere, facere
    
  • (ambiguous) to drop anchor: ancoras iacere