deicio

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [d̪eːˈi̯ɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [d̪eˈjiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

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

1. to throw, cast, or hurl down; precipitate

   Synonym: abiciō

   Antonyms: levō, allevō, ēlevō, ērigō, excellō, tollō, ēvehō, scandō, efferō, surgō

   • 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)

2. to drive out, dislodge
3. to kill, slay

   Synonyms: cōnficiō, perimō, ēnecō, occidō, trucīdō, interficiō, peragō, obtruncō, caedō, necō, iugulō, interimō, percutiō, sōpiō, tollō, absūmō, cōnsūmō

4. to lower, hang down, depress
5. to 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
• ⇒ 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