deicio

Latin

Alternative forms

dejicio

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *(H)ih₁kyeti

Proto-Italic *jīkjō

Proto-Italic *jakjōder.

Latin iaciō

Latin dēiciō

From dē- (“from, down from, away from”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

to throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate
Synonym: abiciō

Antonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, 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)
to drive out, dislodge
to kill, slay
Synonyms: cōnficiō, perimō, ēnecō, occidō, trucīdō, interficiō, peragō, obtruncō, caedō, necō, iugulō, interimō, percutiō, sōpiō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō
to lower, hang down, depress
to deprive, rob (of)

Conjugation

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

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēice		—	—	dēicite		—
active	future	—	dēicitō		dēicitō	—	dēicitōte		dēiciuntō
passive	present	—	dēicere		—	—	dēiciminī		—
passive	future	—	dēicitor		dēicitor	—	—		dēiciuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēicere		dēicī		dēiciēns		—
future		dēiectūrum esse		dēiectum īrī		dēiectūrus		dēiciendus, dēiciundus
perfect		dēiēcisse		dēiectum esse		—		dēiectus
future perfect		—		dēiectum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēiectūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēiciendī	dēiciendō		dēiciendum	dēiciendō	dēiectum		dēiectū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: dejected
⇒ Old Galician-Portuguese: deitar, deitare
- 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^[1], 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