rē-ĭcĭo (better than rē-jĭcĭo), rejēci, jectum, 3 (reicis, dissyl., Stat. Th. 4, 574; and likewise reice, Verg. E. 3, 96; and perh. also, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6; scanned elsewhere throughout rēĭcio, etc.), v. a. [jacio], to throw, cast, or fling back (freq. and class.; cf.: remitto, retorqueo).
I Lit.
A In gen.
a Of inanim. objects: imago nostros oculos rejecta revisit, Lucr. 4, 285; 4, 107; cf. id. 4, 570: telum in hostes, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: tunicam reicere, i. e. to fling back , fling over the shoulder (whereas abicere is to throw off, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 4), Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf.: togam in umerum, Quint. 11, 3, 131; 140: togam a sinistro, id. 11, 3, 144: togam ab umero, Liv. 23, 8 fin. : amictum ex umeris, Verg. A. 5, 421: ex umeris vestem, Ov. M. 2, 582: de corpore vestem, id. ib. 9, 32: penulam, Cic. Mil. 10, 29; Phaedr. 5, 2, 5 Burm.: sagulum, Cic. Pis. 23, 55; Suet. Aug. 26: amictum, Prop. 2, 23 (3, 17), 13: vestem, Cat. 66, 81 al.: ab ore colubras, Ov. M. 4, 474: capillum circum caput neglegenter, Ter. Heaut. 291: manibus ad tergum rejectis, thrown back or behind , Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3: manus post terga, Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 45: scutum, to throw over one’s back (in flight), Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 3: parmas, Verg. A. 11, 619: ut janua in publicum reiceretur, might be thrown back , Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112: fatigata membra rejecit, i. e. stretched on the ground , Curt. 10, 5, 3: voluit ... Reicere Alcides a se mea pectora, to push back , Ov. M. 9, 51: librum e gremio suo, to fling away , id. Tr. 1, 1, 66: sanguinem ore, to cast up , vomit , Plin. 26, 12, 82, § 131; so, sanguinem, Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 6; 8, 1, 2: bilem, Plin. 23, 6, 57, § 106: vinum, Suet. Aug. 77: aliquid ab stomacho, Scrib. Comp. 191.— Poet.: oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis, turns away , averts , Verg. A. 10, 473: pars (vocum) solidis adlisa locis rejecta sonorem Reddit, echoed , Lucr. 4, 570.—
b Of living objects, to drive back , chase back , force back , repel (so in gen. not found in class. prose authors): hominem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 19: aliquem, id. Merc. 5, 2, 69: in bubilem reicere (boves), id. Pers. 2, 5, 18: pascentes a flumine capellas, Verg. E. 3, 96: in postremam aciem, to place in the rear , Liv. 8, 8.—
β Reicere se, to throw or cast one’s self back or again; or, in gen., to throw or fling one’s self anywhere: tum illa Rejecit se in eum, flung herself into his arms , Ter. And. 136: se in gremium tuom, Lucr. 1, 34: se in grabatum, Petr. 92, 3; cf.: in cubile rejectus est, id. 103, 5; cf.: fatigata membra rejecit, leaned back , Curt. 10, 5, 3.—
B In partic.
1 Milit. t. t., to force back , beat back , repel , repulse the enemy (cf.: repello, reprimo, refuto): eos, qui eruptionem fecerant, in urbem reiciebant, Caes. B. C. 2, 2 fin. : reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt, id. B. G. 2, 33; 1, 24 fin. : Tusci rejecti armis, Verg. A. 11, 630: ab Antiocheā hostem, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 2; cf.: praesidia adversariorum Calydone, Caes. B. C. 3, 35 (where, however, as id. ib. 3, 46, the MSS. vacillate between rejecti and dejecti; v. Oud. N. cr. ).—
2 Nautical t. t.: reici, to be driven back by a storm (while deferri or deici signifies to be cast away, and eici to be thrown on the shore, stranded; v. Liv. 44, 19, 2 Drak.): naves tempestate rejectas eodem, unde erant profectae, revertisse, Caes. B. G. 5, 5; so, naves, id. ib. 5, 23: a Leucopetrā profectus ... rejectus sum austro vehementi ad eandem Leucopetram, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 1; cf. id. Phil. 1, 3, 7; id. Caecin. 30, 88: sin reflantibus ventis reiciemur, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 119; id. Att. 3, 8, 2.
II Trop.
A In gen., to cast off , remove , repel , reject : abs te socordiam omnem reice, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 6: abs te religionem, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 430 Rib.): quam ut a nobis ratio verissima longe reiciat, Lucr. 6, 81: (hanc proscriptionem) nisi hoc judicio a vobis reicitis et aspernamini, Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153: ab his reicientur plagae balistarum, Vitr. 10, 20: foedum contactum a casto corpore, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 9; Ter. Phorm. 18: ferrum et audaciam, Cic. Mur. 37, 79; cf. ictus, Stat. Th. 6, 770; and: minas Hannibalis retrorsum, Hor. C. 4, 8, 16: (in Verrinis) facilius quod reici quam quod adici possit invenient, Quint. 6, 3, 5.—
B In partic.
1 Pregn., to reject contemptuously; to refuse , scorn , disdain , despise; esp. of a lover, etc.: forsitan nos reiciat, Ter. Phorm. 717: petentem, Ov. M. 9, 512: Lydiam, Hor. C. 3, 9, 20: Socratem omnem istam disputationem rejecisse et tantum de vitā et moribus solitum esse quaerere, Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 16: refutetur ac reiciatur ille clamor, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 55: qui Ennii Medeam spernat aut reiciat, id. Fin. 1, 2, 4; of an appeal to the Senate: quae cum rejecta relatio esset, Liv. 2, 31, 9: recens dolor consolationes reicit ac refugit, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 11: ad bona deligenda et reicienda contraria, Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; cf. (vulgares reïce taedas, deligere), Ov. M. 14, 677: rejectā praedā, Hor. S. 2, 3, 68: condiciones, Auct. B. Alex. 39: rejecit dona nocentium, Hor. C. 4, 9, 42.—
b In jurid. lang.: judices reicere, to set aside , challenge peremptorily , reject the judges appointed by lot: cum ex CXXV. judicibus quinque et LXX. reus reiceret, Cic. Planc. 17, 41; 15, 36; id. Att. 1, 16, 3; id. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 18; 2, 3, 11, § 28; 2, 3, 13, § 32; 2, 3, 59, § 146; id. Vatin. 11, 27; Plin. Pan. 36, 4.—
c In the philosoph. lang. of the Stoics: reicienda and rejecta (as a transl. of the Gr. ἀποπροηγμένα), rejectable things , i. e. evils to be rejected , Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 78; 3, 16, 52; id. Ac. 1, 10, 37; cf. rejectaneus.—
2 With a designation of the term. ad quem, to refer to , make over to , remand to : ad ipsam te epistulam reicio, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 8: in hunc gregem vos Sullam reicietis? id. Sull. 28, 77 (with transferre).—
b Publicists’ t. t.: reicere aliquid or aliquem ad senatum (consules, populum, pontifices, etc.), to refer a matter , or the one whom it concerns , from one’s self to some other officer or authorized body (esp. freq. in Liv.; v. the passages in Liv. 2, 22, 5 Drak.): totam rem ad Pompeium, Caes. B. C. 3, 17: senatus a se rem ad populum rejecit, Liv. 2, 27, 5; cf.: ab tribunis ad senatum res est rejecta, id. 40, 29; and: rem ad senatum, id. 5, 22, 1: aliquid ad pontificum collegium, id. 41, 16; so, rem ad pontifices, Ver. Flac. ap. Gell. 5, 17, 2: rem ad Hannibalem, Liv. 21, 31; id. 2, 28: tu hoc animo esse debes, ut nihil huc reicias, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2.—Of personal objects: legati ab senatu rejecti ad populum, deos rogaverunt, etc., Liv. 7, 20; so id. 8, 1; 9, 43; 24, 2; 39, 3.— Absol. : tribuni appellati ad senatum rejecerunt, Liv. 27, 8; 42, 32 fin. —
c With respect to time, to put off to a later period , to defer , postpone (Ciceronian): a Kal. Febr. legationes in Idus Febr. reiciebantur, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1: reliqua in mensem Januarium, id. ib. 2, 1, 3: repente abs te in mensem Quintilem rejecti sumus, id. Att. 1, 4, 1.— *
d Reicere se aliquo, to fling one’s self on a thing , i. e. apply one’s self to it (very rare): crede mihi, Caesarem ... maximum beneficium te sibi dedisse judicaturum, si huc te reicis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, § 1.