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Etymology edit

From prō- (from, in the place of; for) +‎ iaciō (throw, hurl).

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Verb edit

prōiciō (present infinitive prōicere, perfect active prōiēcī, supine prōiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. to throw, thrust, drive, fling or hurl forth, down, away or out; discharge, scatter
  2. (by extension) to stretch out, hold out, extend, project
  3. (by extension) to cast out, expel, exile, banish
    Synonyms: abdō, ablēgō, dēpellō, eximō, expellō, exterminō, pellō, relēgō, submoveō
  4. (in architecture) to let part of a building jut out, cause to project
  5. (figuratively) to throw away, give up, yield, resign, renounce, reject, disdain; neglect, desert, abandon
  6. (figuratively, with se) to rush into something; degrade oneself
  7. (figuratively) to put off, defer, delay

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of prōiciō (third conjugation -variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōiciō prōicis prōicit prōicimus prōicitis prōiciunt
imperfect prōiciēbam prōiciēbās prōiciēbat prōiciēbāmus prōiciēbātis prōiciēbant
future prōiciam prōiciēs prōiciet prōiciēmus prōiciētis prōicient
perfect prōiēcī prōiēcistī prōiēcit prōiēcimus prōiēcistis prōiēcērunt,
prōiēcēre
pluperfect prōiēceram prōiēcerās prōiēcerat prōiēcerāmus prōiēcerātis prōiēcerant
future perfect prōiēcerō prōiēceris prōiēcerit prōiēcerimus prōiēceritis prōiēcerint
passive present prōicior prōiceris,
prōicere
prōicitur prōicimur prōiciminī prōiciuntur
imperfect prōiciēbar prōiciēbāris,
prōiciēbāre
prōiciēbātur prōiciēbāmur prōiciēbāminī prōiciēbantur
future prōiciar prōiciēris,
prōiciēre
prōiciētur prōiciēmur prōiciēminī prōicientur
perfect prōiectus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect prōiectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect prōiectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōiciam prōiciās prōiciat prōiciāmus prōiciātis prōiciant
imperfect prōicerem prōicerēs prōiceret prōicerēmus prōicerētis prōicerent
perfect prōiēcerim prōiēcerīs prōiēcerit prōiēcerīmus prōiēcerītis prōiēcerint
pluperfect prōiēcissem prōiēcissēs prōiēcisset prōiēcissēmus prōiēcissētis prōiēcissent
passive present prōiciar prōiciāris,
prōiciāre
prōiciātur prōiciāmur prōiciāminī prōiciantur
imperfect prōicerer prōicerēris,
prōicerēre
prōicerētur prōicerēmur prōicerēminī prōicerentur
perfect prōiectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect prōiectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present prōice prōicite
future prōicitō prōicitō prōicitōte prōiciuntō
passive present prōicere prōiciminī
future prōicitor prōicitor prōiciuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives prōicere prōiēcisse prōiectūrum esse prōicī prōiectum esse prōiectum īrī
participles prōiciēns prōiectūrus prōiectus prōiciendus,
prōiciundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
prōiciendī prōiciendō prōiciendum prōiciendō prōiectum prōiectū

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References edit

  • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to throw oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius se proicere, se abicere, procumbere, se prosternere
  • proicio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016