JAC 
JAC 
JAC 
I & J. 
[ and J are properly the same. To find, 
1 then, a word beginning with J, look 
for it as if it began with /. 
IX, plur. of Ion. See Ion. 
JABOLeNuS, or JAVOLeNOS, i, m. a 
jurist in the time of Antonins Pius. 
IaCCIIuS ('laxxos)i i, m. a name of Bac¬ 
chus. Virg. and Ovid. — Poetically, 
for wine. Virg. fnflatum hesterno ve- 
nas Iaccho. 
JaCeNS, tis, particip. and adj. from jaceo. 
See Jaceo. 
JACE5 (perhaps derived from jacio, to 
throw, and properly signifying to be 
thrown, to be somewhere in consequence of 
being thrown thither), es, ui, Itum, n. 2. 
to Lie, lie down, lie at full length or pros¬ 
trate, recline, xcipai. Cic. Jacere hurni, 
on the ground. Id. in limine. Id. stra¬ 
tum ad pedes alicujus. Id. in lecto. 
Quid, lecto. Id. Agris corpora jacent. 
Id. Ossa sparsa jacuere. id. super cor¬ 
pus alicujus. Virg. Strata jacent sub 
arbore poma. Ovid, in aversa ora, on 
one’s face. Id. Lora jacentia, lying 
loose, slack, let go. Hence, Colum. Pis¬ 
ces jacentes, li. e. flat, broad. Also, 
Cic. Verba jacentia sustuli de medio, 
h. e. common, known to all. — In particu¬ 
lar, to lie or recline at meat; for the Ro¬ 
mans reclined at table upon couches. 
Sil. Quid ? tanto in casu comitum jux- 
taque jacentum torpebunt dextrte ? — 
Also, to lie in bed, for sleep, rest, read¬ 
ing, or other purposes. Horat. A.d 
quartam jaceo. Petron. in triclinio 
(asleep). Id. una, to lie together. — Of 
the sick, to lie sick or ill. Cic. Ne te 
jacente, tua bona comedim. Plin. Ep. 
Graviter jacere, to lie very ill. — Of the 
dead, of the buried, to lie dead, to have 
lost or sacrificed life, to have fallen. Ovid. 
Qui bene pro patria, cum patriaque ja¬ 
cent. Id. morte merita. Pluedr. Rup- 
to jacuit corpore. Stat. Vetito jaciture 
sepulcro. Ncpos. Neminem jacentem 
veste spoliavit, h. e. who had fallen in 
battle. Valer. Flacc. Facta jacentum. 
-IT Of countries and places, to lie, 
be situated. JYepos. Portus jacens inter 
Cyrenas et .lEgyptum, lying between. 
Id. dure gens jacet supra Ciliciatn. 
Justin. Urbes in planis campis jacent. 
Plin. Ad Hesperum jacentes terra. 
Ovid. Locus sub Atlante jacens. — 
More generally, to lie, be placed, rest. 
Ovid. Jacet super ora AStne. Colum. 
Aqua jacens infra libram maris.- 
IT Also, to lie, h. e. to remain some time 
any where, to stay, to be. Plaut. Facito, 
in aqua jaceant (cibaria). Cic. Jacere 
Brundisii. (For figur. use, see below). 
-IT And of low places, &c. to be low, 
lie low ; jacens, low. Tacit. Loca ja¬ 
centia. Cic. fragm. Jacens domus. 
Calp. Jacens Notus.-IT Also, to be 
extended, spread out, extend, stretch out. 
Vir<r. Tantum campi jacet. Id. Pla- 
nities- jacet. — Hence, of calm waters, 
to be laid, to be calm or still (as it were, 
to be stretched out fiat or at full length). 
Lucan. Et posito Borea, jacuit mare. 
Juvenal. Postquam jacuit plenum mare. 
-IT Of the hair, to hang or lie loose, 
to flow, to be dishevelled. Ovid. Vagi 
criues per colla jacebant. Id. Crinis 
in collo jacens. Propert.' sparsas c®de 
jacere comas. — So, of robes dragging 
on the ground. Ovid. Jacent tua pal¬ 
lia terra : collige.-IT Also, to be cast 
down. Ovid. Vultus attolle jacentes, 
your fallen countenance. Id. (De Somno) 
Dens jacentes vix oculos tollens, sink- 
. ing, falling, closing, heavy. (For its 
figurative sense, see below.)-IT Ja¬ 
ceo has several figurative uses — and, 
first, to lie prostrate, h. e. to have lost all 
one’s power or consequence, to be in a low 
condition, to be in fallen circumstances, to 
be out of favor; to lie without hope, be 
hopeless, not to gain one’s end (used 
especially of candidates who have no 
hope of being chosen, or of those who 
forbear to seek public honors, because 
they have no hope of success). Cic. 
Si jacens vobiscum aliquid ageret, audi- 
rem fortasse; stanti resistendum est, 
h. e. fallen, prostrate. Id. Homo afflic- 
tus et jacens. Id. Jacet tota conclusio, 
is refuted, overthrown. Id. Jacere C®- 
sarem offensione populari. Id. Vides- 
ne tu ilium tristem ? jacet, abjecit has- 
tas. Id. C. Marius, cum a spe consu- 
latus longe abesset, et jam septimum 
annum post praturam jaceret. Id. Mul¬ 
ti viri fortes jacebant. Id. Jacent suis 
testibus, accomplish, avail, effect nothing. 
— Also, to remain inactive, not to come 
forward, not to show 'one’s sef, lie on 
one’s oars. Cic. In pace jacere, quam 
in bello vigere maluit. Cluanquam 
ille quidem nunquam jacuit. — In a 
similar sense, to be drowsy, sleepy, heavy, 
dull, listless, languid, feeble. Qiuntil. 
Segnis et jacens. dell. Surda et ja¬ 
cens auris. Id. Demissa jacensque ora- 
tio. -IT Also, to lie dormant, to be 
practised poorly or not at all, to be at a 
stand, disused, neglected. Cic. Justitia 
jacet omnesque virtutes. Ovid. Ars 
tua jacet, is at a stand, of no avail or 
effect. Cic. Non erat ilia turn civitas, 
cum judicia jacebant. Id. Ut jacere 
rem non pateremur, h. e. not let the 
matter rest. Hence, Id. Jacet benefici- 
um Nuculffi, is despised, little valued, 
or brought to a stand, not in operation. — 
In a similar sense, to lie idle or dead, not 
to be put to its proper use, to lie neglected 
or forgotten. Cic. Nomen jacet in ad- 
versariis, h. e. is not brought out or for¬ 
ward. Id. Quomodo tibi tanta pecunia 
extraordinaria jacet f h. e. is not entered 
in the account-book; or is not thought of, 
is neglected. Plin. Ep. Ne otios® (pe- 
cuni®) jaceant, h. e. not beput out. Pan¬ 
dect. Ne bona jaceant, h. e. lie vacant, 
remain unoccupied. - IT Also, to be 
little valued, made no account of, despised. 
Ovid. Dat census honores ; pauper 
ubique jacet. Id. Heder® sine honore 
jacent. — Also, to be of little value, to 
have fallen in value, be low or cheap. 
Cic. Accepit agrum, cum jacerent pre- 
tia pradiorum, were low, had fallen. 
Petron. agri, bear little, are unfruitful. 
-IT Also, to lie prostrate, conquered, 
fallen, subject, be surpassed or exceeded. 
Ovid. Nobilitas sub amore jacet. Plin. 
Ep. Africani infra Pallantis laudes ja- 
cebunt.-IT Also, to be cast down, de¬ 
jected, depressed, spiritless, give way to 
grief, be sunk in affliction. Cic. in sor- 
dibus, lamentis, luctu, mcerore. Id. 
Cn®us noster ut totus jacet. Id. Ani¬ 
mus jacet.-IT Also, in general, to 
lie, remain, continue, be. Cic. in ob- 
livione. Id. in silentio, h. c. sileri. 
Id. in mcerore. 
JXCI8 (lengthened from ho, to send, let 
go, make to go), is, jeci, jacturn^ a. 3. 
to throw, cast, fling, hurl, ftaWio, pinren ; 
in general, to set in motion by an exertion 
of bodily power. Cic. In quern scyphum 
de manu jacere conatus est. Virg. 
tela manu. Cic. lapides. Id. fulmen 
in medium mare. Hirt. tela tormen- 
tis ad aliquem locum. Virg. ensem 
fluctibus, for in fiuctus. Cats, materi- 
em de muro in aggerem. Virg. anco- 
ram de prora, throw, cast. Plin. Ursi 
jaciuntur, throw themselves. Ovid. Hu- 
mili super arva fenestra se jacit. Cic. 
se in profundum. Lucan, se in agros, 
h. e. prorupit, diffugit. Tacit, conjugem 
in prfficeps, headlong. Plaut. Jacere 
genu ad aliquem, h. e. to hit or push him 
with the knee. Plin. Aves aliqu® ante 
se pedes jaciunt, h. e. celeriter promo¬ 
vent, move them forward quickly, throw 
them forward. Pandect. Merces jacere 
levand® navis causa, to throw overboard. 
Plaut. talos, to throw, cast. — Hence, 
figur. to throw, cast. Plin. Sol arborum 
umbras jacit. Tacit, oscula, h. e. to kiss 
the hand (compare jacto). — Also, to 
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emit, send forth, shed, spread, bring forth, 
bear. Lucret. de corpore odorem. 
Ovid. poma. Cic. igniculos viriles, to 
show, manifest, exhibit (perhaps, to send 
out in sparks, spit). Hence, Plin. Ta- 
narus ex Apennini latere jactus, h. c. 
effusus. — Also, to scatter, strew. Virrr, 
flores. Id. semen, to sow. Ovid, far- 
ra. Hence, Tacit. Odia ill longum ja- 
ciens, li. c. sowing the seeds or laying the 
foundation of hatreds which should break 
out long after. — Also, in words, to throw ^ 
out, give vent to, indulge one’s self in, 
lay to one’s charge, hint, intimate, give 
out, object; utter, say, state, publish, 
spread abroad, rumor; proclaim, threaten. 
Cic. contumeliam in aliquem. Id. in- 
juriam in quempiam. Id. adulteria. 
Tacit, probra in feminas illustres. Cic. 
In jaciendo mittendoque ridiculo, h. e. 
subito et paucis ridiculum quippiam 
proferendo, It. e. a jest, bon-mot. Tacit. 
Edicta probrosa adversus Vitellium je- 
cerat. Id. Si vera forent, qua jaceren- 
tur, spread abroad, rumored. Id. Qua;- 
dam de liabitu cultuque, et institute 
ejus jecerat, had touched upon. Lit. 
Omisso discrimine vera an vana jace¬ 
ret, whether bespoke true or false; made 
true or false accusations. Cic. Jacere 
non suspicionem, sed iracundiae vo- 
cem. Tacit. Fortuitos jacere sermones, 
to enter into conversation upon incidental 
topics. Cic. Terrores jacere et denun- 
tiare, to throw out, hint, menace. Id.■ II- 
lud quid sit scire cupio, quod jacis 
obscure, hint. Liv. Qui per ambages 
de lacu Albano jaceret, threw out am¬ 
biguous "expressions concerning, &c. Sue- 
ton. Multas nec dubias significations 
Sffipe jecit, ne reliquis quidem se par- 
surum Senatoribus. Sallust. Jugurtha 
inter alias res jacit, oportere, &c. throws 
out, proposes, says. Propert. Mut® jace 
verba favill®, utter. Cic. voces, A. e. 
verba. Id. Assiduas jacit ore querelas. 
Vellei. mentionem conditionum, fur 
facere.-IT Also, to lay, place, erect, 
raise, throw or cast up. Liv. funda- 
menta urbi. So, Cic. (figur.) funda- 
menta pacis, to lay the foundation. Liv. 
vallum, to throw up, raise. Cies. agge¬ 
rem. Virg. muros, to build up, raise.— 
Hence, Cic. gradum atque aditum ad 
rem, to place, set, prepare. Virg. ^ salu- 
tem in arte, place, rest. -If Also, to 
throw away. Plaut. Scuta jacere, fu- 
gereque hostes. 
JaCTaBuNDOS (jacto), a, urn, adj. that 
" tosses hither and thither; hence, agitated, 
troubled, stormy. Gell. mare. -« A ' 
so, vaunting, full of boasting, treu. 
xCTaNS, ntis, particip. from jacto. 
IT Adj. boasting, bragging, vam-glorum, 
ostentatious, dXa^u. Cic.fragm.. [no¬ 
lens, arrogans, jactans. 
midus, ac sui jactans. Phn. 
rat epistolas jactantes et glor-osas. V 
Neeme vereor, ne jactantior 
Horat. Jactantior hie paulo est, mate a 
little too much of himsdftoo 
ostentatious Spartian ««tant,s 
simus amator. — In a cjaUr 
elevated, lofty, splendid, . su Vff\ ^ ]|a- 
dian. Annus nota fruitur jactant or ai^ 
Stat. Et septemgeimno jactantio 
ra pulset Roma jugo. -imtatious- 
£ nt Min® C jactanter sonaMea 
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