deicio
Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“from, down from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [d̪eːˈi̯ɪkioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [d̪eˈjiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
dēiciō (present infinitive dēicere, perfect active dēiēcī, supine dēiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate
- Synonym: abiciō
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 15:13:
- Cor gaudēns exhilarat faciem: in maerōre animī dēicitur spīritus.
- A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
(Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
- A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by grief of mind the spirit is cast down.
- Cor gaudēns exhilarat faciem: in maerōre animī dēicitur spīritus.
- Antonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō
- I drive out, dislodge
- I kill, slay
- Synonyms: cōnficiō, perimō, ēnecō, occidō, trucīdō, interficiō, peragō, obtruncō, caedō, necō, iugulō, interimō, percutiō, sōpiō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō
- I lower, hang down, depress
- I deprive, rob (of)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dēiciō (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēiciō | dēicis | dēicit | dēicimus | dēicitis | dēiciunt |
| imperfect | dēiciēbam | dēiciēbās | dēiciēbat | dēiciēbāmus | dēiciēbātis | dēiciēbant | |
| future | dēiciam | dēiciēs | dēiciet | dēiciēmus | dēiciētis | dēicient | |
| perfect | dēiēcī | dēiēcistī | dēiēcit | dēiēcimus | dēiēcistis | dēiēcērunt, dēiēcēre | |
| pluperfect | dēiēceram | dēiēcerās | dēiēcerat | dēiēcerāmus | dēiēcerātis | dēiēcerant | |
| future perfect | dēiēcerō | dēiēceris | dēiēcerit | dēiēcerimus | dēiēceritis | dēiēcerint | |
| passive | present | dēicior | dēiceris, dēicere | dēicitur | dēicimur | dēiciminī | dēiciuntur |
| imperfect | dēiciēbar | dēiciēbāris, dēiciēbāre | dēiciēbātur | dēiciēbāmur | dēiciēbāminī | dēiciēbantur | |
| future | dēiciar | dēiciēris, dēiciēre | dēiciētur | dēiciēmur | dēiciēminī | dēicientur | |
| perfect | dēiectus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēiectus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | dēiectus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēiciam | dēiciās | dēiciat | dēiciāmus | dēiciātis | dēiciant |
| imperfect | dēicerem | dēicerēs | dēiceret | dēicerēmus | dēicerētis | dēicerent | |
| perfect | dēiēcerim | dēiēcerīs | dēiēcerit | dēiēcerīmus | dēiēcerītis | dēiēcerint | |
| pluperfect | dēiēcissem | dēiēcissēs | dēiēcisset | dēiēcissēmus | dēiēcissētis | dēiēcissent | |
| passive | present | dēiciar | dēiciāris, dēiciāre | dēiciātur | dēiciāmur | dēiciāminī | dēiciantur |
| imperfect | dēicerer | dēicerēris, dēicerēre | dēicerētur | dēicerēmur | dēicerēminī | dēicerentur | |
| perfect | dēiectus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | dēiectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēice | — | — | dēicite | — |
| future | — | dēicitō | dēicitō | — | dēicitōte | dēiciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | dēicere | — | — | dēiciminī | — |
| future | — | dēicitor | dēicitor | — | — | dēiciuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēicere | dēiēcisse | dēiectūrum esse | dēicī | dēiectum esse | dēiectum īrī | |
| participles | dēiciēns | — | dēiectūrus | — | dēiectus | dēiciendus, dēiciundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēiciendī | dēiciendō | dēiciendum | dēiciendō | dēiectum | dēiectū | ||
Derived terms
- dēiectiō
- dēiectō
- dēiector
- dēiectus
Related terms
- abiciō
- adiciō
- circumiciō
- cōniciō
- dēiectiuncula
- disiciō
- ēiciō
- iaciō
- iniciō
- intericiō
- obiciō
- praeiciō
- prōiciō
- rēiciō
- subiciō
- superiaciō
- trāiciō
Descendants
- English: dejected
- ⇒ Galician: deitar
- ⇒ Portuguese: deitar
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
- deicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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
- to fall down into the abyss: in profundum deici