Jactus

1.

jactus, a, um, Part., from jacio.

2.

jactus, ūs, m. [jacio], a throwing, casting, hurling; a throw, cast.

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

jactus fulminum,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18; Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 104:

haec certamina tanta Pulveris exigui jactu compressa quiescunt,

Verg. G. 4, 87:

glebarum et testarum,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

intra jactum teli progressus,

Verg. A. 11, 608:

teli jactu abesse,

to be a spear's-throw distant, Liv. 8, 7 init.:

usque ad jactum tali,

Tac. A. 13, 40; Curt. 3, 11, 1:

truces in sublime jactus (of the bull),

Plin. 11, 2, 1, § 4.—

B.

In partic., a throw or cast of dice:

quid est tam incertum quam talorum jactus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121:

in prospero tesserarum jactu,

Liv. 4, 17:

talorum ducere jactus,

Ov. A. A. 3, 353:

ita vita'st hominum quasi si ludas tesseris: si illud, quod maxime opus't jactu non cadit, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 22.—

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.

3.

Jactus, i, m., a river flowing into the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 118.