Latin

Verb

rēiciō ‎(present infinitive rēicere, perfect active rēiēcī, supine rēiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. I throw, cast or fling back.
2. I chase, force or drive back, repel.
3. (with reflexive) I throw or cast myself back or again; throw or fling myself anywhere.
4. (figuratively) I cast off, repel, remove, reject, repulse; deter, divert.
5. (figuratively) I refuse, reject, scorn, disdain, despise.
6. (figuratively) I refer, remand or hand over to.
7. (figuratively) I put off to a later time, defer, postpone, delay.

Inflection

Derived terms

• rēiectāneus
• rēiectiō
• rēiectō
• rēiectus

Related terms

References

• reicio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• reicio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “reicio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
    
  • a matter is referred (for decision) from the senate to the people: a senatu res ad populum reicitur
    
  • to challenge, reject jurymen: iudices reicere (Verr. 3. 11. 28)
    
  • to repel the attack of the enemy's cavalry: summovere or reicere hostium equites