conjecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [conicio] (ante-class.; and then not until the time of Liv.), to throw, cast, or bring together.
I Prop.: hostium duces in carcerem, Decret. Ti. Gracch. ap. Gell. 7, 19, 7: ad cenulam non cupedias ciborum, sed argutias quaestionum, to contribute , Gell. 6, 13, 2.— Far more freq.,
II Trop., to conclude or infer by conjecture, to conjecture, guess .
A In gen.
α With acc.: neque scio quid dicam aut quid conjectem, * Ter. Eun. 543: rem vetustate obrutam, Liv. 29, 14, 9: rem eventu, id. 5, 21, 16: offensionem vultu, Tac. A. 1, 12.—With ex : valetudinem ex eo, quod, etc., Tac. A. 14, 51; so id. ib. 12, 49: quae audierat conjectaveratque, id. ib. 15, 55: quantum conjectare licet, Suet. Dom. 3; Curt. 4, 9, 11: iter, to guess one's way , Liv. 21, 35, 4: animos militares altius, Tac. A. 1, 32.—
β With acc. and inf.: Caesar conjectans eum Aegyptum iter habere, Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 1: Fabium Valentem profectum ab Urbe conjectabat, Tac. H. 3, 15; Curt. 3, 11, 1; 4, 18, 31.—
γ With de : proinde socii de imperio utriusque conjectabant, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin. : nihil de aetate Galbae, Suet. Ner. 40.—
δ With a rel.-clause : si ex eo ... quid sentiant conjectandum sit, Liv. 40, 36, 4; so, utrum sit in re, * Quint. 7, 3, 5; Curt. 7, 8, 2.—
B In Suet., in partic., to conclude from signs or omens, to augur, interpret, prophesy : nemine peritorum aliter conjectante, quam laeta per haec et magna portendi, Suet. Aug. 95 fin. : altero ostento periculum ostendi, id. Calig. 57: de geniturā alicujus multa et formidolosa, id. Ner. 6.