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ōbĭcĭo and objĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3 (cf. abicio, etc.; perf. subj. objexim, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 37: objexis, id. Cas. 2, 6, 52), v. a. [ob-jacio], 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; v. the foll. passages; also with adversus; v. Liv. 2, 58, 5 Drak. (syn. oppono).

  1. I. 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.
    1. 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.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. 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.
      1. 2. To put in the way, interpose: omnis exceptio interponitur a reo, Gai. Inst. 4, 119: cui dilatoria obicitur exceptio, id. ib. 4, 123.
    2. 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.
    1. A. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. C. 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.

1. objectus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from obicio.

2. objectus, ūs, m. [obicio],

  1. I. a casting before, a putting against, in the way, or opposite, an opposing; or, neutr., a lying before or opposite (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose): dare objectum parmaï, the opposing of the shield, * Lucr. 4, 847: vestis, Col. 3, 19: insula portum Efficit objectu laterum, by the opposition, Verg. A. 1, 160: cum terga flumine, latera objectu paludis tegerentur, Tac. H. 3, 9: molis, id. ib. 5, 14: regiones, quae Tauri montis objectu separantur, Gell. 12, 13, 27: solem interventu lunae occultari, lunamque terrae objectu, the interposition, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 47; cf.: eademque (terra) objectu suo umbram noctemque efficiat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 243, 13 dub. (al. objecta soli): hi molium objectus (i. e. moles objectas) scandere, the projection, Tac. A. 14, 8.
  2. II. Transf., that which presents itself to the sight, an object, appearance, sight, spectacle, Nep. Hann. 5, 2 (al. objecto).