reicio Latin · revision 30713

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la re-, ine-pro *(H)ieh₁-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈrɛi̯.ki.oː], [rɛjˈjɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈrɛi̯.t͡ʃi.o], [reˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''reiciō''' (present infinitive reicere, perfect active reiēcī, supine reiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|re-|iaciō|t1=back|t2=to throw]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|iaciō]] from [[itc-pro|*jaki-]] and the root [[ine-pro|*(H)ieh₁-|t=to throw, let go]], cognate with [[grc|ἵημι|tr=híēmi|t=to send, throw]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL explains the spelling: the single ⟨i⟩ between vowels was taken for a double consonant, so the first syllable counted as long, ⟨rēiciō⟩.^(TLL) Terence and Virgil also scan the first two syllables as one.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus, ''Persa'': a slave fears that he cannot drive the oxen back into the stall to keep them from straying (''in bubīle rēicere'').^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense is throwing or driving something back where it came from: a contrary wind drives a ship back to port (Cicero), and Horace has Hannibal's threats turned back on himself.^(OLD 2012) It also means driving away or repelling an attack, as Virgil's shepherd drives the goats back from the river, and throwing something behind one, especially a garment, or slinging the shield over the back.^(OLD 2012) In the courts it is to reject a juror (Cicero), and generally to reject, refuse or scorn a thing or a person.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Lastly it is to refer a matter to someone else and to postpone it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “throw back, reject, repel, cast away”.^(Stelten 1995) English ''reject'' comes from the frequentative ⟨rēiectō⟩ and the participle ⟨rēiectus⟩.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of driving oxen back to the stall.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of deterring someone from study.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a ship driven back by a storm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English [[m|en|reject]], from the participle.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To throw, drive or [[m|en|cast]] back.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To drive away, [[m|en|repel]] (an attack); to deter.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To throw behind one or out of the way (a garment, a shield).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' To [[m|en|challenge]], reject (a juror).^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To [[m|en|reject]], refuse, scorn.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To refer (to someone); to [[m|en|postpone]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reiculus]]

+ * [[rēiecta]]

+ * [[reiectaneus]]

+ * [[reiectiō]]

+ * [[rēiectō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[abiciō]]

+ * [[adiciō]]

+ * [[circumiciō]]

+ * [[coniciō]]

+ * [[dēiciō]]

+ * [[disiciō]]

+ * [[ēiciō]]

+ * [[iaciō]]

+ * [[iniciō]]

+ * [[intericiō]]

+ * [[en|reject]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}