throw before
throw before, in the way of:
1. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (scanned sometimes ŏbĭcis, etc.): to t. food before dogs, cibum canibus o., Plin. 8, 40, 61, ad med.: to t. oneself before the chariot, o. sese ad currum, Virg. Aen. 12, 372: Cic. Fig.: the lot which fortune has thrown in your way, quam sortem fors objecerit, Hor. S. 1, 1, 2.
2. objecto, 1 (freq. of preced.: very rarely in lit. sense): v.EXPOSE .
3. oppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 nature t. the snowy Alps in his way, opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv. 10, 152: v.PUT BEFORE , INTERPOSE , OPPOSE .
4. projĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to sniff at the food thrown in your way, projectum odorari cibum, Hor. Epod. 6, 10. Fig.: to t. myself in the way of danger, p. me, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 6 (R. and A.: here absol.). Phr.: to t. one's shield before one, dare objectum parmae, Lucr. 4, 844.
1. objĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3 (scanned sometimes ŏbĭcis, etc.): to t. food before dogs, cibum canibus o., Plin. 8, 40, 61, ad med.: to t. oneself before the chariot, o. sese ad currum, Virg. Aen. 12, 372: Cic. Fig.: the lot which fortune has thrown in your way, quam sortem fors objecerit, Hor. S. 1, 1, 2.
2. objecto, 1 (freq. of preced.: very rarely in lit. sense): v.
3. oppōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 nature t. the snowy Alps in his way, opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv. 10, 152: v.
4. projĭcio, jēci, jectum, 3: to sniff at the food thrown in your way, projectum odorari cibum, Hor. Epod. 6, 10. Fig.: to t. myself in the way of danger, p. me, Cic. Att. 9, 6, 6 (R. and A.: here absol.). Phr.: to t. one's shield before one, dare objectum parmae, Lucr. 4, 844.