conicio

Latin

Alternative forms

• coiciō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [kɔnˈi̯ɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [konˈjiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

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

1. to throw or bring together, unite, connect
2. to throw, drive, force, hurl something

   Synonyms: iaculor, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, permittō, iaciō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō

3. to dispatch, assign, make go
4. to urge, press, adduce
5. to prophesy, foretell, forebode
6. to conclude, guess
7. (figuratively) to dispute, contend, discuss
8. (reflexively) to go, to hurry
9. to conjecture

Conjugation

Conjugation of coniciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	conice	—	—	conicite	—
	future	—	conicitō	conicitō	—	conicitōte	coniciuntō
passive	present	—	conicere	—	—	coniciminī	—
	future	—	conicitor	conicitor	—	—	coniciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		conicere	coniēcisse	coniectūrum esse	conicī	coniectum esse	coniectum īrī
participles		coniciēns	—	coniectūrus	—	coniectus	coniciendus, coniciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coniciendī	coniciendō	coniciendum	coniciendō	coniectum	coniectū

Derived terms

• coniectānea
• coniectārius
• coniectiō
• coniectō
• coniector
• coniectūra
• coniectus

 

Related terms

• abiciō
• adiciō
• circumiciō
• coniectātiō
• coniectrīx
• coniectūrālis
• coniectūrāliter
• dēiciō
• disiciō
• ēiciō
• iaciō
• iniciō
• intericiō
• obiciō
• praeiciō
• prōiciō
• reiciō
• subiciō
• superiaciō
• trāiciō

 

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)