conicio

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti

Proto-Italic *jīkjō

Proto-Italic *jakjōder.

Latin iaciō

Latin coniciō

From con- (“with, together”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔnˈjɪ.ki.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Verb

coniciō (present infinitive conicere, perfect active coniēcī, supine coniectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

to throw or bring together, unite, connect
to throw, drive, force, hurl something
Synonyms: iaculor, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, spargō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
to dispatch, assign, make go
to urge, press, adduce
to prophesy, foretell, forebode
to conclude, guess
(figuratively) to dispute, contend, discuss
(reflexively) to go, to hurry
to conjecture

Conjugation

Conjugation of coniciō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	coniciō	conicis		conicit	conicimus	conicitis		coniciunt
	imperfect	coniciēbam	coniciēbās		coniciēbat	coniciēbāmus	coniciēbātis		coniciēbant
	future	coniciam	coniciēs		coniciet	coniciēmus	coniciētis		conicient
	perfect	coniēcī	coniēcistī		coniēcit	coniēcimus	coniēcistis		coniēcērunt, coniēcēre
	pluperfect	coniēceram	coniēcerās		coniēcerat	coniēcerāmus	coniēcerātis		coniēcerant
	future perfect	coniēcerō	coniēceris		coniēcerit	coniēcerimus	coniēceritis		coniēcerint
passive	present	conicior	coniceris, conicere		conicitur	conicimur	coniciminī		coniciuntur
	imperfect	coniciēbar	coniciēbāris, coniciēbāre		coniciēbātur	coniciēbāmur	coniciēbāminī		coniciēbantur
	future	coniciar	coniciēris, coniciēre		coniciētur	coniciēmur	coniciēminī		conicientur
	perfect	coniectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coniectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coniectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	coniciam	coniciās		coniciat	coniciāmus	coniciātis		coniciant
	imperfect	conicerem	conicerēs		coniceret	conicerēmus	conicerētis		conicerent
	perfect	coniēcerim	coniēcerīs		coniēcerit	coniēcerīmus	coniēcerītis		coniēcerint
	pluperfect	coniēcissem	coniēcissēs		coniēcisset	coniēcissēmus	coniēcissētis		coniēcissent
passive	present	coniciar	coniciāris, coniciāre		coniciātur	coniciāmur	coniciāminī		coniciantur
	imperfect	conicerer	conicerēris, conicerēre		conicerētur	conicerēmur	conicerēminī		conicerentur
	perfect	coniectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coniectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	conice		—	—	conicite		—
active	future	—	conicitō		conicitō	—	conicitōte		coniciuntō
passive	present	—	conicere		—	—	coniciminī		—
passive	future	—	conicitor		conicitor	—	—		coniciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		conicere		conicī		coniciēns		—
future		coniectūrum esse		coniectum īrī		coniectūrus		coniciendus, coniciundus
perfect		coniēcisse		coniectum esse		—		coniectus
future perfect		—		coniectum fore		—		—
perfect potential		coniectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		coniciendī	coniciendō		coniciendum	coniciendō	coniectum		coniectū

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“cōnĭcĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“conicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“conicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to turn one's gaze on; to regard: oculos conicere in aliquem
- to overwhelm some one with terror: in terrorem conicere aliquem
- to isolate a witness: aliquem a ceteris separare et in arcam conicere ne quis cum eo colloqui possit (Mil. 22. 60)
- to put the blame on another: culpam in aliquem conferre, transferre, conicere
- to put some one in irons, chains: in vincula, in catenas conicere aliquem
- to throw some one into prison: in carcerem conicere aliquem
- to discharge missiles: tela iacere, conicere, mittere
- to discharge showers of missiles: tela ingerere, conicere
- to put the enemy to flight: in fugam dare, conicere hostem
- to take to flight: se conicere, se conferre in fugam
“cōniciō, ~icere, ~iēcī, ~iectum” on page 446/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)