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jactus , ūs, m. jacio,
I.a throwing, casting, hurling; a throw, cast.
I. Lit.
C. Transf.
1. A throwing out, spreading: “jactus radiorum,Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116.—
2. A throwing down or out, throwing overboard: “jactum mercium facere levandae navis causā,a jettison, Dig. 14, 2, 1 sq.: “facere jactum medio in ponto,Sen. Troad. 1037: “horribilis de saxo jactu' deorsum,Lucr. 3, 1016; Verg. G. 4, 528.—Absol.: “decidere jactu cum ventis,Juv. 12, 33; Paul. Sent. 2, 7.—
3. A cast (of the net), a haul, draught: “jactum retis emere,Dig. 19, 1, 11, § 18; Val. Max. 4, 1, 7 ext.—*
II. Trop., a throwing out, uttering: “fortuitus jactus vocis,an assertion casually thrown out, Val. Max. 1, 5, 9.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 3.8.18
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 11.608
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.528
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.87
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.40
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1016
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.104
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 17
    • Seneca, Troades, 1037
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.59
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.11.1
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.5.9
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.1.7
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