īnĭcĭo (less correctly injĭcĭo, v. Brambach's Hilfsb. p. 19), jēci, jectum (endojacito for inicito, Leg. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. in struere, p. 313, a, Müll.:
I injexit for injecerit, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 18), 3, v. a. [in-iacio].
A Lit., to throw , cast , or put in , on , or into : cum mea domus ardebat ignibus injectis, Cic. Pis. 11, 26: ignem castris, Liv. 40, 31, 9: ignes tectis, id. 25, 39, 3: semen, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 173: opus flammis, Quint. 6 praef. 3: foculo manum, Liv. 2, 12, 13: vestem flammae, Suet. Caes. 84; hence: inicere se, to throw or fling one’s self anywhere: se in medios hostes ad perspicuam mortem, Cic. Dom. 24, 64: se in ignem. Ter. And. 140: sese medium in agmen, Verg. A. 2, 408: sese morti, id. ib. 9, 553: se flammae, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143.—
B To throw or put on or upon , to throw at or over any thing.— In gen.: pallium inice in me huc, Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 26: eique laneum pallium injecit, Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: togam ex integro, Quint. 11, 3, 156: bracchia collo, Ov. M. 3, 389; cf.: bracchia caelo, i.e. to attack , id. ib. 1, 184: securim alicui, Cic. Mur. 24, 48: pontem, Liv. 26, 6, 2: eo super tigna sesquipedalia iniciunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 10: taedas ad fastigia tectorum, Val. Fl. 2, 235: manicas alicui, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 1: catenas alicui, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106; cf.: vincula alicui, id. Fin. 3, 22, 76; Verg. E. 6, 19: frenos alicui, Cic. Phil. 13, 9, 20: frena, Hor. C. 4, 15, 11: spiranti pulvinum, Suet. Calig. 12: cervicibus laqueum, id. Vit. 17: injecti umeris capilli, i. e. falling over her shoulders , Ov. M. 11, 770.—
C Esp.
1 Inicere manum alicui, to lay one’s hand on , to take hold of any one , in order to make him stand still, Petr. 115. —
2 In a jurid. sense, to seize , take possession of , as one's property, without a previous judicial decision (which was permitted, e. g. to a master on meeting with his runaway slave; v. injectio): virgini venienti in forum minister decemviri manum injecit, servā suā natam appellans, Liv. 3, 44, 6; so Dig. 18, 7, 9 al.—So too in summoning before a judge: ubi quadruplator quempiam injexit (injecerit) manum, Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 18; id. Truc. 4, 2, 49.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to bring into , inspire , infuse , occasion , cause : inicere tumultum civitati, Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 7: alicui formidinem, id. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 68: spem, id. Att. 3, 22, 1: terrorem mortis, id. Fin. 5, 11, 31: religionem, id. Caecin. 33, 97: scrupulum, id. Clu. 28, 76: alicui mentem ut audeat, id. Mil. 31, 84: alicui cogitationem de triumpho, id. Att. 7, 3, 2: curam, ne, Liv. 27, 4, 2: alacritatem et studium pugnandi exercitui, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: metum alicui in pectus, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 26: vultis hoc certamen uxoribus vestris inicere? to give occasion for , Liv. 34, 4, 14: cunctationem, to cause delay , id. 35, 25, 5: arma regnis, i. e. bellum inferre, Stat. Th. 1, 241: frustrationem, to produce deception , confusion , Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 15: alicui causam deliberandi, to furnish , Cic. Caecin. 2, 4: plaga injecta petitioni, given , Cic. Mur. 23, 48.—
b Of the mind, with se, to dwell upon , reflect on : in quam (magnitudinem regionum) se iniciens animus, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54.—
B In partic.
1 Manus inicere (acc. to I. B.), to seize upon , take possession of , exercise power over : animus sacer et aeternus est, et cui non possint inici manus, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 11 fin. : quieti ejus injeci manum, I have torn him away from his repose , Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2: injecere manum Parcae, took possession of him , Verg. A. 10, 419.—
2 Inicere, to throw out a hint , to mention , suggest : quia nuper injecit, Cic. Quint. 21, 68: Bruto cum saepe injecissem de ὁμοπλοίᾳ, id. Att. 16, 5, 3: cum mihi in sermone injecisset, se velle, etc., Trebon. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 2: alicui nomen alicujus, id. Dom. 6, 14.