ad-jĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast a thing to, to put or place at or near.—Constr.: aliquid alicui rei.
I In gen.: rogum bustumve novum vetat propius sexaginta pedes adici aedes alienas, to place nearer than , Cic. Leg. 2, 24: hordei numero ad summam tritici adjecto, id. Verr. 3, 188: adjectoque cavae supplentur sanguine venae, Ov. M. 7, 291; so ib. 266; 14, 276.— More freq. trop.: quo ne imprudentiam quidem oculorum adici fas fuit, to turn the eyes pryingly to , to direct the sight to , etc., Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 36: Parthus adjecit Armeniae manum, Vell. 2, 100: album calculum errori, to approve , Plin. Ep. 1, 2. —With in : virus in anguīs, Ov. A. A. 3, 7: telum ex locis superioribus in litus, to throw , to hurl , Caes. B. G. 4, 23, 3.—
B Transf. to mental objects, to turn or direct the mind , eye , etc., to , to fasten them upon something.—With dat. or ad : qui amabilitati animum adiceret, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 1: animum militi, id. Mil. 3, 3, 34: ad virginem animum adjecit, Ter. Eun. 143: cum ad omnia vestra pauci homines cupiditatis oculos adjecissent, Cic. Agr. 2, 10: plane videbant adjectum esse oculum hereditati, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37 (diff. from adicere oculos, cited above): adjecit animum ad consilium, Liv. 25, 37: novo etiam consilio animum adjecit, id. 28, 33.—
II Esp.
A To add or apply to a thing by way of increase , to increase , = προστιθέναι (cf. addo).—Lit. and trop.; constr. with ad or dat.: ad bellicam laudem ingenii gloriam, Cic. Off. 1, 32: decus alicui, Vell. 2, 36: aliquantum ea res duci famae et auctoritatis adjecit, Liv. 44, 33: so id. 10, 7; 24, 5; Tac. Agr. 26; Suet. Oth. 11; id. Tib. 67; id. Calig. 15; id. Caes. 38 al.: morem ritusque sacrorum adiciam, Verg. A. 12, 837: adjecere bonae paulo plus artis Athenac, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 43; so Ov. M. 10, 656; id. P. 1, 8, 56; Vulg. Matt. 6, 27 and 33; also to add a new thought to what has preceded (cf.: addo, accedo, advenio; hence, like addo, in the sing., though several persons are addressed): huc natas adice septem, Ov. M. 6, 182.—
B Of a speaker, to add to what has already been said. —Constr. with acc. and inf. (only in Vell. and in the histt. after the Aug. per.): adiciens numquam defuturos raprores Italicae libertatis lupos, Vell. 2, 27, 2; so, adjecerat Tiberius non id tempus censurae nec defuturum corrigendi auctorem, Tac. A. 2, 33: adjecit in domo ejus venenum esse, id. ib. 4, 21.—Rarely followed by orat. directa: cum dixisset ... adjecissetque: Si quid huic acciderit, etc., Vell. 2, 32, 1.—With ut and subj., Liv. 2, 27.—
C In auctions, t. t., to add to a bid , to out-bid : liciti sunt usque adeo, quoad se efficere posse arbitrabantur; super adjecit Aeschrio, bid on , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77 B. and K.; but cf. Zumpt ad h. l.; Dig. 18, 2, 19.—
D In gen., in the Vulg. by Hebraism (cf. ), to add to do , to do further : adjecit Dominus loqui, the Lord furthermore spake , Isa. 7, 10: non adiciet, ut resurgat, ib. 24, 20: adiciens dixit parabolam, ib. Luc. 19, 11.