eicio

eicio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ex- (out of) + iaciō (throw, hurl).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēiciō (present infinitive ēicere, perfect active ēiēcī, supine ēiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. to cast, thrust or drive out
      Synonyms: excipiō, extrahō, exciō, ēdūcō
      Antonyms: īnsertō, īnserō
    2. to expel, drive into exile, banish, eject; reject
      Synonyms: exigō, ablēgō, expellō, exsulō, eximō, āmoveō, fugō, auferō, pellō
    3. (reflexive) to exit, go out, rush toward
      Synonyms: egredior, abeo, exeo, evado
      Antonyms: ineo, intro, ingredior, introeo, accedo, immigrō
    4. to drive a ship to land; run aground, cast ashore, wreck, strand

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    References

    • eicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • eicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • eicio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to hiss an actor off the stage: histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigere
      • to banish love from one's mind: amorem ex animo eicere
      • to banish a person, send him into exile: in exsilium eicere or expellere aliquem
      • to banish a person, send him into exile: de, e civitate aliquem eicere
      • to expel from the senate: e senatu eicere
      • to be stranded: in litus eici (B. G. 5. 10)
    • Dizionario Llatino, Olivetti