superiacio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From super- + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su.perˈi̯a.ki.oː/, [s̠ʊpɛrˈi̯äkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.perˈja.t͡ʃi.o/, [superˈjäːt͡ʃio]
Verb[edit]
superiaciō (present infinitive superiacere, perfect active superiēcī, supine superiectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to cast or throw over or upon; spread over, overwhelm
- (figuratively) to overdo, exaggerate; overtop
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Descendants[edit]
- English: surject, surjection
References[edit]
- “superiacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “superiacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers