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|lshtext=<b>ōbĭcĭo</b>: and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. [[abicio]], etc.;<br /><b>I</b> perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37: objexis, id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. ob-[[iacio]], to [[throw]] or [[put]] [[before]] or [[towards]], to [[throw]] to, to [[hold]] [[before]] or [[out]], to [[offer]], [[present]], [[expose]]; constr. usu. aliquid (aliquem) alicui, or [[simply]] aliquid; [[but]] [[sometimes]] also, [[instead]] of the dat., [[with]] pro aliquā re, [[contra]], ad, in aliquid;<br /> v. the foll. passages; also [[with]] [[adversus]]; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. [[oppono]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ei nos Glaucomam ob oculos obiciemus, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 70: si [[alia]] quae obiciant non habuerint, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15: cibum canibus, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 145: parricidae [[corpus]] feris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26: offam (Cerbero), Verg. A. 6, 420: pisces diripiunt carnes objectas, Plin. 32, 2, 8, § 17 (Jan, abiectas): [[argentum]], to [[throw]] to one, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 4.—Esp., to [[throw]] to the [[wild]] beasts in the [[circus]]: aliquem feris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 71; Suet. Calig. 27; Amm. 14, 2; 20, 5 et saep.: vivos homines laniandos obicere, Suet. Ner. 37: florem veteris vini naribus, to [[hold]] [[before]], [[present]] to, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 1; 4, 2, 45; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17: si [[tale]] [[visum]] objectum est a deo dormienti, brought [[before]], presented to, Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 49; cf. id. Div 1, 16, 30; id. Ac. 2, 15, 48: huic (sicae) ego vos obici pro me non [[sum]] [[passus]], to be [[exposed]], id. Mil. 14, 37: exercitum tantae magnitudinis flumini, Caes. B. C. 1, 64, 4: ne objexis manum, [[don]]'t [[raise]] [[your]] [[hand]], Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 52. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[throw]] or [[place]] [[before]] by [[way]] of [[defence]] or hinderance; to [[cast]] in the [[way]], [[set]] [[against]], [[oppose]]: Alpium [[vallum]] [[contra]] ascensum transgressionemque Gallorum ... [[obicio]] et [[oppono]], Cic. Pis. 33, 81: carros pro [[vallo]], Caes. B. G. 1, 26: ericium portis, id. B. C. 3, 67: faucibus portūs navem submersam, id. ib. 3, 39; 3, 66: se hostium [[telis]], Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: se ei objecit, Nep. Hann. 5, 1: maximo aggere objecto, Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11.—Esp. of [[arms]]: objecta [[tela]] perfregit, Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 49: [[scutum]], Liv. 2, 10: hastas, id. 36, 18: clipeosque ad [[tela]] sinistris Protecti obiciunt, [[oppose]], Verg. A. 2, 444: objecit [[sese]] ad currum, threw [[himself]] [[before]] the [[chariot]], id. ib. 12, 372.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[throw]] [[before]] or [[over]], to [[put]] or [[bring]] [[before]], to [[present]]; to [[give]] up, [[expose]] to [[any]] [[thing]]; and, in gen., to [[bring]] [[upon]] one, to [[impart]], [[superinduce]], [[cause]], [[occasion]], etc.: noctem peccatis et fraudibus obice nubem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62: nubem oculis, Ov. M. 12, 32: [[plerique]] victi et debilitati objectā specie voluptatis, Cic. Fin. 1, 14, 47: consulem morti, to [[deliver]] up, [[abandon]], id. Vatin. 9, 23: obicitur ([[consulatus]]) contionibus seditiosorum ... ad omne [[denique]] [[periculum]], id. Mur. 40, 87.—With ad, Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3. —With in: [[numquam]] me pro [[salute]] vestrā in tot ac tantas dimicationes ... objecissem, Cic. Arch. 6, 14: obicere se in [[impetus]] profligatorum hominum, id. ib. 6, 14. —With [[adversus]]: se unico consule objecto [[adversus]] tribuniciam potestatem perlatam legem esse, Liv. 2, 58, 5: qui [[multa]] Thebano [[populo]] acerba objecit funera, has brought on, i. e. caused, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35, moram alicui, id. Poen. 1, 3, 37; id. Trin. 5, 1, 8: ut hanc laetitiam nec opinanti [[primus]] obicerem, [[that]] I [[might]] [[have]] [[set]] [[before]] him, i. e. [[prepared]] for him, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 12: alicui eam mentem, ut patriam prodat, to [[suggest]], Liv. 5, 15: alicui [[lucrum]], to [[procure]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 45: sollicitudinem, to [[cause]], id. Mil. 3, 1, 29: terrorem hosti, Liv. 27, 1: spem, id. 6, 14: furorem alicui objecit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: rabiem canibus, Verg. A. 7, 479.—Pass., to be occasioned, to [[befall]], [[happen]], [[occur]] to one: mihi [[mala]] res obicitur [[aliqua]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 5: [[malum]] mihi obicitur, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 1; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 2, 18: obicitur [[animo]] [[metus]], Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[put]] in the [[way]], [[interpose]]: [[omnis]] [[exceptio]] interponitur a reo, Gai. Inst. 4, 119: cui dilatoria obicitur [[exceptio]], id. ib. 4, 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[throw]] [[out]] [[against]] one, to [[taunt]], [[reproach]], or [[upbraid]] [[with]] [[any]] [[thing]], as a [[crime]] (cf.: [[criminor]], [[exprobro]]): facinora, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 25: alicui [[multa]] probra, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 285: ignobilitatem alicui, id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: obicit mihi, me ad Baias fuisse, id. Att. 1, 16, 10: parcius ista viris obicienda [[memento]], Verg. E. 3, 7.—With [[quod]]: [[Cato]] objecit ut [[probrum]] M. Nobiliori, [[quod]] is in provinciam poëtas duxisset, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3; id. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: furta, Auct. Dom. 35, 93: eloquentiam ut [[vitium]], Cic. ap. Sall. 8: [[crimen]], Tac. A. 3, 12.—With de, to [[reproach]] one [[respecting]], on [[account]] of [[any]] [[thing]]: de Cispio mihi [[igitur]] obicies? etc., Cic. Planc. 31, 75; Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 2. —In [[pass]].: nam [[quod]] objectum est de pudicitiā, etc., Cic. Cael. 3, 6.—Hence, objec-tus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lying [[before]] or [[opposite]]: [[insula]] objecta Alexandriae, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: [[silva]] pro nativo [[muro]], id. B. G. 6, 10: flumina, Verg. G. 3, 253: [[Cyprus]] Syriae objecta, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 129.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Exposed; constr. [[with]] dat. or ad: objectus fortunae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 46, 111: invidiae, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 20: ad omnes [[casus]], Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Subst.: objecta, ōrum, n., charges, accusations: de objectis non confiteri, Cic. Dom. 35, 93: objecta vel negare vel defendere vel minuere, Quint. 7, 2, 29: objecta diluere, id. 4, 2, 26; 9, 2, 93; cf. Amm. 27, 10.

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