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jăcŭlābĭlis, e, adj. [jaculor], that may be thrown or hurled: telum, Ov. M. 7, 680: pondus, Stat. Th. 6, 658.
* jăcŭlāmentum, i, n. [jaculor], a missive weapon, missile, Non. 556, 24.
jăcŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [jaculor], a throwing, casting, hurling.
- I. Lit.: fulminatio est jaculatio cum ictu, Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 1: equestris, Plin. 8, 42, 65, § 162: fulgoris, App. de Mundo, p. 64, 22.
- II. Trop.: in hac veluti jaculatione verborum, Quint. 6, 3, 43.
jăcŭlātor, ōris, m. [jaculor], a thrower, caster, hurler.
- I. In gen.: Enceladus jaculator audax (truncorum), Hor. C. 3, 4, 55: fulminis, Stat. Th. 12, 562; Arn. 4, 22: missis a rege Boccho jaculatoribus, Sen. Brev. Vit. 13, 6.
- II. In partic.
- A. A thrower of the dart or javelin (a sort of light-armed soldier, who carried only a dart or javelin): jaculatorum manus, Liv. 36, 18; 21, 21 al.
- B. A caster of the net, a fisherman, Plaut. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 5, 2.
- III. Trop., an accuser: felix orator quoque maximus et jaculator, Juv. 7, 193.
jăcŭlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [jaculator], of or for throwing or shooting: campus, where the exercise of throwing the javelin is practised, Dig. 9, 2, 9 fin.
Transf.: preces, Hier. Ep. 120.
jăcŭlātrix, īcis, f. [jaculator], she that hurls; the huntress, an epithet of Diana, Ov. M. 5, 375; id. F. 2, 155; id. H. 20, 229.
jăcŭlātus, ūs, m. [jaculor], a throwing, hurling, Tert. Spect. 18.
jăcŭlo, active form of the following, Inscr. Orell. 7416 λ; Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 139; Isid. 18, 7, 8.
Pass., Luc. 3, 568.
jăcŭlor, ātus (inf. jacularier, Arn. 6, 16), 1, v. dep. [jaculum], to throw, cast, hurl.
- I. Lit.
- A. In gen.: qui jaculum emittit jaculari dicitur, Quint. 8, 2, 5: in jaculando brachia reducimus, etc., id. 10, 3, 6: duros jaculatur Juppiter imbres, Col. poët. 10, 329: se in hostium tela, Flor. 1, 14, 4: in quas partes se jaculetur cometes, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: puppibus ignes, Verg. A. 2, 276: rapidum e nubibus ignem, id. ib. 1, 42.
- B. In partic.
- 1. To throw the javelin, fight with the javelin: laudem consequi, equitando, jaculando, Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: totum diem jaculans, id. Div. 2, 59, 121: cum in latus dextrum, quod patebat, Numidae jacularentur, Liv. 22, 50; Dig. 9, 2, 9, § 4.
- 2. To throw out, emit, spread: oculi lupo splendent, lucemque jaculantur, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 151: umbram, id. 36, 10, 15, § 72.
- 3. To throw or hurl at, to strike, hit: cervos jaculari, Hor. C. 3, 12, 11: dextera sacras jaculatus arces, id. ib. 1, 2, 3: aliquem ferro acuto, Ov. Ib. 49: aëra disco, id. ib. 589: Juppiter igne suo lucos jaculatur et arces, id. Am. 3, 3, 35.
- II. Trop., to shoot at, assail, revile: verbum, Lucr. 4, 1129: sententias vibrantes digitis, Quint. 11, 3, 120: dicta in calvos, Petr. S. 109, 8: probris procacibus jaculari, in aliquem, Liv. 42, 54, 1: in uxorem obliquis sententiis, Quint. 9, 2, 79.
- B. To aim at, strive for: quid brevi fortes jaculamur aevo Multa? Hor. C. 2, 16, 17.
- C. (Eccl. Lat.) To utter rapidly, to ejaculate, Aug. Ep. 121 (130), 10, 20.
jăcŭlum, i, n. [jaculus].
- I. Lit., a dart, javelin: solem prae jaculorum multitudine et sagittarum non videbitis, Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 101: murum jaculo traicere, id. Fin. 4, 9, 22: has (litteras) ille in jaculo illigatas affert, Caes. B. G. 5, 44: acutum, Ov. M. 10, 130: torquere, Juv. 5, 155; 8, 124.
- B. Trop.: fulminis, Mart. Cap. 2, § 151: radiorum solis, id. 1, § 13.
- II. A net, v. jaculus.
jăcŭlus, a, um, adj. [jacio], that is thrown (mostly subst.). So, rete jaculum and simply jaculum, a casting-net, fishingnet, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 14; id. As. 1, 1, 86; cf.: hi jaculo pisces, illi capiuntur ab hamis, Ov. A. A. 1, 763.
Also of the net of the gladiator retiarius, Isid. Orig. 18, 54.
Hence, subst.: jăcùlus, i, m.
- A. (Sc. serpens.) A serpent that darts from a tree on its prey: jaculi volucres, Luc. 9, 720; 9, 822; Plin. 8, 23, 35, § 85.
- B. Jaculus (sc. funis or laqueus), a sling or noose which is thrown over the horns of oxen, a lasso, Col. 6, 2, 4 (al. laquei).