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objecto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [obicio], to throw before or against, to set against, oppose.

  1. I. Lit. (poet.): (pelagi volucres) Nunc caput objectare fretis, nunc currere in undas, i. e. to dive down, Verg. G. 1, 386: huc illuc clipeum objectans, opposing, presenting, Stat. Th. 2, 662: ingerit objectans trepidantibus ora leonis, Sil. 2, 194.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. To abandon, expose, endanger: statuit eum objectare periculis, Sall. J. 7, 1: caput periclis, to expose, Verg. A. 2, 751: corpora bello, id. G. 4, 218: aliquem dolo simul et casibus, Tac. A. 2, 5: pro aliquo animam, Verg. A. 12, 229.
      2. 2. To throw in the way, interpose, cause: moras, Ov. Hal. 91.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To throw out, charge, object, to reproach or upbraid with, to accuse of any thing as a crime (so most freq., but whether used by Cic. is doubtful): objectare alicui inopiam, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 28: rus mihi tu objectas? id. Most. 1, 1, 16: probrum alicui, Cic. Dom. 29; Sall. J. 85, 14; Tac. H. 2, 30: cum in colloquiis Pompeiani famem nostris objectarent, * Caes. B. C. 3, 48: vecordiam, Sall. J. 94, 4: veneficia in principem et devotiones, Tac. A. 4, 52: spoliatas et inopes legiones Trebellio, id. H. 1, 60: natum (i. e. filii mortem), Ov. M. 2, 400.
        With object-clause: mihi objectent lenocinium facere, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 76: nobilitas objectare Fabio fugisse eum Appium Claudium collegam, Liv. 10, 15, 12.
      2. * 2. To throw out, let fall, say any thing (disagreeable) to any one: cave tu illi objectes nunc in aegritudine, Te has emisse, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 123.