rējectĭo
rējectĭo, ōnis, f. reicio, a throwing back, throwing away. * Lit.: sanguinis, i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.— Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.). In gen.: selectio et item rejectio, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20: quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis, id. Balb. 12, 29.— In partic. In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge: judicum, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.: rejectione interpositā, Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.— Transf., in gen.: excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire, Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.— Rhet. t. t. In alium, a shifting off from one's self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.— = Gr. ἀποδίωξις, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.
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Headword (normalized):
rējectĭo
Headword (normalized/stripped):
rejectio
Intro Text:
rējectĭo, ōnis, f. reicio, a throwing back, throwing away. * Lit.: sanguinis, i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.— Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.). In gen.: selectio et item rejectio, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20: quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis, id. Balb. 12, 29.— In partic. In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge: judicum, Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.: rejectione interpositā, Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.— Transf., in gen.: excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire, Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.— Rhet. t. t. In alium, a shifting off from one's self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.— = Gr. ἀποδίωξις, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.
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