obicio

Latin

Alternative forms

objiciō

Etymology

From ob- (“towards, against”) +‎ iaciō (“I throw, hurl”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈi̯i.ki.oː/, [ɔbˈi̯ɪkioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈji.t͡ʃi.o/, [obˈjiːt͡ʃio]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈbi.ki.oː/, [ɔˈbɪkioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbi.t͡ʃi.o/, [oˈbiːt͡ʃio] (later)

Verb

obiciō (present infinitive obicere, perfect active obiēcī, supine obiectum); third conjugation iō-variant

to throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, iaculor, iaciō, abiciō, permittō, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, lībrō
to present, expose, hold out, offer
Synonyms: offerō, expōnō, praebeō, polliceor, afferō, porrigō, prōpōnō, sufferō, prōferō, dōnō, condōnō, largior, moveō
to turn over, give over
to cast in the way, interpose; set against, oppose, object
Synonyms: oppōnō, obiectō
(figuratively) to throw out against someone, taunt, reproach or upbraid with
(figuratively) to bring upon, inspire, inflict, visit, produce, cause

Usage notes

In prosody, the first syllable, which is generally heavy due to the unwritten /j/, is scanned light in works by some later writers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of obiciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obiciō	obicis	obicit	obicimus	obicitis	obiciunt
	imperfect	obiciēbam	obiciēbās	obiciēbat	obiciēbāmus	obiciēbātis	obiciēbant
	future	obiciam	obiciēs	obiciet	obiciēmus	obiciētis	obicient
	perfect	obiēcī	obiēcistī	obiēcit	obiēcimus	obiēcistis	obiēcērunt, obiēcēre
	pluperfect	obiēceram	obiēcerās	obiēcerat	obiēcerāmus	obiēcerātis	obiēcerant
	future perfect	obiēcerō	obiēceris	obiēcerit	obiēcerimus	obiēceritis	obiēcerint
	sigmatic future¹	obiexō	obiexis	obiexit	obieximus	obiexitis	obiexint
passive	present	obicior	obiceris, obicere	obicitur	obicimur	obiciminī	obiciuntur
	imperfect	obiciēbar	obiciēbāris, obiciēbāre	obiciēbātur	obiciēbāmur	obiciēbāminī	obiciēbantur
	future	obiciar	obiciēris, obiciēre	obiciētur	obiciēmur	obiciēminī	obicientur
	perfect	obiectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obiectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obiectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obiciam	obiciās	obiciat	obiciāmus	obiciātis	obiciant
	imperfect	obicerem	obicerēs	obiceret	obicerēmus	obicerētis	obicerent
	perfect	obiēcerim	obiēcerīs	obiēcerit	obiēcerīmus	obiēcerītis	obiēcerint
	pluperfect	obiēcissem	obiēcissēs	obiēcisset	obiēcissēmus	obiēcissētis	obiēcissent
	sigmatic aorist¹	obiexim	obiexīs	obiexīt	obiexīmus	obiexītis	obiexint
passive	present	obiciar	obiciāris, obiciāre	obiciātur	obiciāmur	obiciāminī	obiciantur
	imperfect	obicerer	obicerēris, obicerēre	obicerētur	obicerēmur	obicerēminī	obicerentur
	perfect	obiectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obiectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obice	—	—	obicite	—
active	future	—	obicitō	obicitō	—	obicitōte	obiciuntō
passive	present	—	obicere	—	—	obiciminī	—
passive	future	—	obicitor	obicitor	—	—	obiciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obicere	obiēcisse	obiectūrum esse	obicī	obiectum esse	obiectum īrī
participles		obiciēns	—	obiectūrus	—	obiectus	obiciendus, obiciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obiciendī	obiciendō	obiciendum	obiciendō	obiectum	obiectū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

English: object, objection
Spanish: objeto

References

“obicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“obicio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
obicio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expose oneself to missiles: se obicere telis