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jăcŭlor , ātus (
I.inf. jacularier, Arn. 6, 16), 1, v. dep. jaculum, to throw, cast, hurl.
I. Lit.
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.—
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.276
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1129
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.92
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 22, 50
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 54
    • Petronius, Satyricon, 109
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.59
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 2.13
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 2.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.79
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.120
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 3.6
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