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adiciō (pronounced adiiciō), iēcī, iectus, ere

ad + iacio, to throw to, cast to, fling at, put, put to, set near: hordei numero ad summam tritici adiecto: Adiectoque cavae supplentur sanguine venae, O.: telum ex locis superioribus in litus, to hurl, Cs.: aggere ad munitiones adiecto, thrown up before, Cs.—Fig., of the eyes, to cast, throw: ad omnia vestra cupiditatis oculos: oculum hereditati.—Of the mind, to turn, direct, fix: ad virginem animum, T.: consilio animum, L.—Esp., to add by way of increase, superadd: ad bellicam laudem ingeni gloriam: morem ritūsque sacrorum, to institute also, V.: adici clamorem (iubet), to be raised besides, Ta.: Adiecere plus artis Athenae, contributed (to my education), H.To add a new thought: huc natas adice septem, O.: et radios capitis aspici persuasio adicit, Ta.To do in addition: qui ad id adeicerat, ut, etc., added the offence of, etc., L.—In auctions, t. t., to add to a bid: liciti sunt usque adeo ...; super adiecit Aeschrio, made a higher bid.

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