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throw back

throw back:

1. rejĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (sometimes contracted in scanning: rēicece?] = rejice, Virg.): to t. back the weapon amidst the foe, r. telum in hostes, Caes. B. G. 1, 46: to t. back the toga from the shoulder, r. togam ab humeris, Liv. 23, 8, extr.: to t. open a door, januam r., Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 112: v. OPEN.

2. rejecto, 1: Lucr.

3. rĕgĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: to t. back taunts, r. convicia, Hor. S. 1, 7, 29.

4. sŭpīno, 1, or rĕsŭpīno, 1 (to t. on the back, t. back): v. BACK. Phr.: the head thrown back, supinum caput, Quint. 11, 3, 69.

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