jaculor

jăcŭlor, ātus ( inf. jacularier, Arn. 6, 16), 1, v. dep. [jaculum], to throw, cast, hurl.

I.

Lit.

A.

In gen.:

qui jaculum emittit jaculari dicitur,

Quint. 8, 2, 5:

in jaculando brachia reducimus, etc.,

id. 10, 3, 6:

duros jaculatur Juppiter imbres, Col. poët. 10, 329: se in hostium tela,

Flor. 1, 14, 4:

in quas partes se jaculetur cometes,

Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92:

puppibus ignes,

Verg. A. 2, 276:

rapidum e nubibus ignem,

id. ib. 1, 42.—

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.—

II.

Trop., to shoot at, assail, revile:

verbum,

Lucr. 4, 1129:

sententias vibrantes digitis,

Quint. 11, 3, 120:

dicta in calvos,

Petr. S. 109, 8:

probris procacibus jaculari, in aliquem,

Liv. 42, 54, 1:

in uxorem obliquis sententiis,

Quint. 9, 2, 79.—

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.