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ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf. ăbĭci, Ov. P. 2, 3, 37; ăbĭcit, Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

  1. I. Lit.: in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est, Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.: scutum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: insigne regium de capite, id. Sest. 27: socer ad pedes abjectus, id. ib. 34; so, se ad pedes, id. Phil. 2, 34, 86: se e muro in mare, id. Tusc. 1, 34; so, corpus in mare, id. Phil. 11, 2, 5: impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt, id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: se abjecit exanimatus, he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.
    Absol.: si te uret sarcina, abicito, throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.
    Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated: anulum in mari, Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28: statuas in propatulo domi, Nep. Hann. 9, 3: cadaver in viā, Suet. Ner. 48; cf.: ubi cadaver abjeceris, Tac. A. 1, 22.
  2. II. Fig.
    1. A. In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.: ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat, as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off (il faut se defaire d’elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26: vitam, Cic. Att. 3, 19: salutem pro aliquo, id. Planc. 33: memoriam beneficiorum, id. Phil. 8, 11: versum, to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon: abicimus ista, we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3: fama ingenii mihi est abicienda, I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam . . . sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15: abjectis nugis, nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).
      2. 2. To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.
        Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.
      3. 3. Abicere se, to throw one’s self away, degrade one’s self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.
        Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.
    1. A. Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214: plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto, Cic. Att. 3, 2.
    2. B. Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20: contemptum atque abjectum, id. Agr. 2, 34: verbis nec inops nec abjectus, id. Brut. 62, 222 al.
      Comp.: animus abjectior, Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.
      Sup.: animus abjectissimus, Quint. 11, 1, 13 al.
      Adv.: abjectē.
      1. 1. Dispiritedly, despondingly: in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.
      2. 2. Low, meanly: quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt, Tac. Or. 8: incuriose et abjecte verbum positum, improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

ăbĭēgnus, a, um, adj. (poet., also tri. syllabic; collateral form ABIEGNEVS, Inscr. Napol.) [abies], made of fir-wood or deal: trabes, i. e. a ship, Enn. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 22, 34: sors, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 32: equus, i. e. the wooden horse before Troy, Prop. 4, 1, 25 (cf. Verg. A. 2, 16): stipes, Att. ap. Fest. p. 219 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 170 Rib.): hastile, Liv. 21, 8, 10: scobis, Col. 12, 44, 4 al.

ăbĭens, euntis, Part. of abeo.

ăbĭēs, ĕtis (abietis, abiete, trisyllabic in poet., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44; Verg. A. 2, 16 al.; so, abietibus, quadrisyl. sometimes, as Verg. A. 9, 674), f. [etym. uncer., perh. akin to ἀλδαίνω; cf. ἐλάτη = pinus],

  1. I. the silver-fir: Pinus picea, Linn.: ἐλάτη, the tree as well as the wood of it, Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48; Pall. 12, 15, 1: abies consternitur alta, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 Vahl.): crispa, id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 117 ib.): enodis, Ov. M. 10. 94. In Verg., on account of its dark foliage, called nigra: nigrā abiete, A. 3, 599: abietibus patriis aequi juvenes, tall as their native firs, id. ib. 9, 674 (imitation of Hom. ll. 5, 560: ἐλάτῃσιν ἐοικότες ὑψηλῇσιν).
  2. II. Poet., meton. (cf. Quint. 8, 6, 20), like the Greek ἐλάτη, any thing made of fir.
      1. 1. = epistula, a letter (written on a tablet of fir), Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 66 (cf. Engl. book, i. e. beech).
      2. 2. = navis, a ship, Verg. G. 2, 68; id. A. 8, 91; cf. id. ib. 5, 663.
      3. 3. = hasta, a lance, Verg. A. 11, 667.

ăbĭĕtārĭus, a, um, adj. [abies], pertaining to fir-wood, deal: negotio, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27 Müll.
Subst.: ăbĭĕtārĭus, ii, m., a joiner, Vulg. Exod. 35, 35.

* ăbĭga, ae, f. [abigo], a plant which has the power of producing abortion; Greek χαμαίπιτυς, ground-pine: Teucrium iva, Linn.; Plin. 24, 6, 20, § 29.

* ăbĭgĕātor, ōris, m., = abigeus or abactor, a cattle-stealer, Paul. Sent. 5, 18.

ăbĭgĕātus, ūs, m. [abigeus], cattlestealing, Dig. 47, 14, 1 sq.; 49, 16, 5, § 2.

ăbĭgĕus, i, m. [abigo], one that drives away cattle, a cattle-stealer, Dig. 47, 14, 1; 48, 19, 16.

ăb-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive away.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: abigam jam ego illum advenientem ab aedibus, I will drive him away as soon as he comes, Plaut. Am. prol. 150: jam hic me abegerit suo odio, he will soon drive me away, id. As. 2, 4, 40; so Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 60 al.: uxorem post divortium, to remove from the house, Suet. Tib. 7.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To drive away cattle: familias abripuerunt, pecus abegerunt, Cic. Pis. 34; so id. Verr. 2, 1, 10; 3, 23; Liv. 1, 7, 4; 4, 21; Curt. 5, 13 al.
      2. 2. Medic. t. t.
        1. a. To remove a disease: febres, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 106; 30, 11, 30 fin.: venenatorum morsus, id. 20, 5, 19.
        2. b. To force birth, procure abortion: partum medicamentis, Cic. Clu. 11; so Plin. 14, 18, 22; Tac. A. 14, 63; Suet. Dom. 22 al.
  2. II. Trop., to drive away an evil, get rid of a nuisance: pestem a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.): lassitudinem abs te, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 3: curas, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 19: pauperiem epulis regum, id. S. 2, 2, 44 al.
    Hence, ăbactus, a, um, P. a.
    1. A. Of magistrates, driven away, forced to resign their office, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.
    2. B. Abacta nox, i. q. finita, finished, passed, Verg. A. 8, 407.
    3. C. Abacti oculi, poet., deep, sunken, Stat. Th. 1, 104.

Ăbĭi, ōrum, m., a Scythian tribe in Asia, Curt. 7, 6, 11; Amm. 23, 6, 53.

ăbĭtĭo, ōnis, f. [abeo], a going away, departure.

  1. I. In gen. (ante-class. for abitus), Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 19; Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 16.
  2. II. In partic., = mors, death, acc. to Gloss. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 380, 9 Müll.

* ā-bīto, ĕre, 3, v. n. [bēto, bīto], to go away, depart: ne quo abitat, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 72; cf. Lucil. ap. Vel. Long. p. 2225 P.

ăbĭtus, ūs, m. [abeo], a going away, departure.

  1. I. Lit., in abstr. (class.): cum videam miserum hunc tam excruciarier ejus abitu, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 5; 4, 4, 24; Lucr. 1, 457 and 677; * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 al.
  2. II. Transf., in concr., the place through which one goes, the outlet, place of egress (as aditus, of entrance): omnemque abitum custode coronant, they surround the outlet with guards, Verg. A. 9, 380; so in plur.: circumjecta vehicula sepserant abitus, barricaded the passages out, Tac. A. 14, 37.

abjectē, adv., v. abicio, P. a. fin.

abjectĭo, ōnis, f. [abicio].

  1. * I. A throwing away or rejecting: figurarum (opp. additio), Quint. 9, 3, 18.
  2. * II. Abjectio animi, dejection, despondency (joined h. l. with debilitatio), Cic. Pis. 36, 88.

abjectus, a, um, v. abicio, P. a.

abjicio, v. abicio.

* abjūdĭcātīvus, a, um, adj., in later philos. lang. = negativus, negative, Pseudo pp. Dogm. Plat. p. 30 Elm. (267 Oud.).

ab-jūdĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to deprive one of a thing by judicial sentence, to declare that it does not belong to one, to abjudicate, lit. and trop. (opp. adjudico); constr. with aliquid or aliquem ab aliquo, or alicui: abjudicata a me modo est Palaestra, Plaut. Rud. 5, 1, 3; 4, 3, 100; id. As. 3, 3, 17: (Rullus) judicabit Alexandream regis esse, a populo Romano abjudicabit, Cic. Agr. 2, 16; cf.: rationem veritatis, integritatis … ab hoc ordine abjudicari, id. Verr. 2, 1, 2, § 4: sibi libertatem, id. Caecin. 34 (in Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 102, many since Budaeus, acc. to the MSS., read abdĭco; so B. and K.).

* ab-jūgo, āre, 1, v. a., lit., to loose from the yoke; hence, in gen., to remove, to separate from: quae res te ab stabulis abjugat? Pac. ap. Non. 73, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 104 Rib.).

abjunctus, a, um, Part. of abjungo.

ab-jungo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.

  1. I. Lit., to unyoke: juvencum, Verg. G. 3, 518.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf., to detach from a thing, to remove, separate: abjuncto Labieno, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: Demosthenes se ab hoc refractariolo judiciali dicendi genere abjunxit, abstained from, * Cic. Att. 2, 1, 3.

abjūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [abjuro], a forswearing, Isid. Orig. 5, 6, 20.

* ab-jurgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to deny or refuse reproachfully: arma alicui, Hyg. Fab. 107.

ab-jūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (abjurassit for abjuraverit, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 9), to deny any thing on oath: rem alicui. ne quis mihi in jure abjurassit, Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 9: pecuniam, id. Rud. prol. 14: creditum, Sall. C. 25, 4.
Absol., Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 10; cf.: mihi abjurare certius est quam dependere, * Cic. Att. 1, 8, 3.
Poet.: abjuratae rapinae, abjured, denied on oath, Verg. A. 8, 263.