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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Law of the Twelve Tables|origins=la iaciō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [kɔnˈjɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [konˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''coniciō''' (present infinitive conicere, perfect active coniēcī, supine coniectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''coiciō'', frequently at all periods.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[iaciō]] “to throw”, with the vowel of the stem weakened to ⟨i⟩ in the compound.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is the Law of the Twelve Tables, ''causam conicere'' “to state one's case in summary”.^(OLD 2012) Plautus uses it of throwing together, and Köbler dates him c. 250–184 BC.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to throw together, as in Plautus, and in Cato to put a quantity into a container.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to hurl at a target, to cast one's eyes on, to put someone in prison, to class among, and to place in time, as ''in noctem coniectus'' “overtaken by night”.^(OLD 2012) In Plautus it meant to send someone off, to involve someone in trouble, and to bring into a state.^(OLD 2012) In Terence it meant to conclude, guess, and in Plautus to interpret a dream or omen.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its noun ''coniectūra'' “inference, guess” gave [[en|conjecture]] in the late 14th century, first of interpreting signs and dreams.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 450 BC – The Twelve Tables use ''causam conicere''.^(OLD 2012)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of throwing together and interpreting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of guessing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''conjecture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To throw together; to put (into a container).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To hurl, ''oculōs conicere'', to direct one's gaze.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To send; to put (in prison); to involve.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To class among; to place in time.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''causam conicere'', to state one's case in summary.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To guess, [[m|en|conjecture]]; to interpret (a dream).^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[coniectānea]]
+ * [[coniectiō]]
+ * [[coniector]]
+ * [[coniectrīx]]
+ * [[coniectūra]]
+ * [[coniectus]]
+ * [[coniectārius]]
+ * [[coniectō]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[abiciō]]
+ * [[adiciō]]
+ * [[circumiciō]]
+ * [[coniectātiō]]
+ * [[coniectūrālis]]
+ * [[coniectūrāliter]]
+ * [[dēiciō]]
+ * [[disiciō]]
+ * [[ēiciō]]
+ * [[iaciō]]
+ * [[en|conjecture]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}