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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la iaciō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [aˈbɪ.ki.oː], [abˈjɪ.ki.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [abˈjiː.t͡ʃi.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''abiciō''' (present infinitive abicere, perfect active abiēcī, supine abiectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ab-]] “away” and [[iaciō]] “to throw”, with the vowel of the stem weakened to ⟨i⟩ in the compound.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of throwing something away cheaply and of giving up an attitude.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ In Caesar it meant to throw away, hurl, and in Cicero to throw down, and reflexively to throw oneself on the ground.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it also meant to vanquish, to degrade, to discard as useless, and to leave a body unburied or expose a child.^(OLD 2012) From Plautus it meant to throw away, sell too cheaply, waste, and to give up an attitude or intention.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Its participle ''abiectus'' “cast down; mean” gave [[en|abject]] about 1400.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of wasting and giving up.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of throwing away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of throwing down and degrading.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1400 – English ''abject'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To throw away; to hurl.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To throw down; reflexively, to fall down.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To overthrow; to [[m|en|degrade]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To discard; to leave unburied; to expose (a child).^(OLD 2012)
+ # To sell too cheaply, waste.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To give up, [[m|en|abandon]].^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[abiectiō]]
+ * [[abiectē]]
+ * [[abjectus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[adiciō]]
+ * [[circumiciō]]
+ * [[cōniciō]]
+ * [[dēiciō]]
+ * [[disiciō]]
+ * [[ēiciō]]
+ * [[iaciō]]
+ * [[iniciō]]
+ * [[intericiō]]
+ * [[obiciō]]
+ * [[abiectus]]
+ * [[en|abject]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}