iaciō

From Proto-Italic *jakjō (“throw (down?)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare iaceō.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵημι (híēmi, “to send, throw”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯a.ki.oː/, [ˈi̯äkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈja.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈjäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

iaciō (present infinitive iacere, perfect active iēcī, supine iactum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: coniciō, iniciō, adiciō, obiciō, abiciō, iaculor, iactō, trāiciō, impingō, ēmittō, mittō, permittō, lībrō

   Alea iacta est. ― The die has been cast.(Caesar)

2. to lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect

   fundamenta iacere ― to lay the foundations/groundwork

3. to send forth, emit; bring forth, produce [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: ēmittō, prōdō, ēdō, effundō, mittō

4. to scatter, sow, throw
5. (as a shadow) to project
6. (figuratively) to throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare