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throw away:

1. abjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (scanned sometimes ăbĭcit in Ov.: Juv.): to t. away one's shield, a. scutum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54. Fig.: to t. away one's life, a. vitam, id. Att. 3, 19: to t. a house away (i. e. sell too cheap), a. aedes, Pl. Most. 4, 2, 3.

2. prōjĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (t. forwards, on the ground): to t. their arms away, p. arma, Sen. Ben. 5, 2, 1. Fig.: to t. away their lives, p. animas, Virg. Aen. 6, 436: to t. away hope, p. spem, Plin. Ep. 7, 27: v. FLING AWAY, GIVE UP, RENOUNCE.

3. Jăcio, jēci, jactum, 3: to t. their shields away, scuta jacere, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 27.

4. jacto, 1: to t. their arms away, j. arma, Liv. 1, 27, ad fin.: Pl. (mittere, omittere arma is rather to let fall). Phr.: to t. money away, pecuniam disjicere, Val. Max. 3, 5, 2; conjicere (in aliquid), Cic. Off. 2, 17, 60: v. SQUANDER: to t. away a book from one's bosom, rejicere librum e gremio, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 66: to t. away one's labour, ligna in silvam ferre, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34 (prov.).

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