throw (oneself) down

throw (oneself) down: (i.) to cast oneself down from a height: dejicere se, Caes. B. C. 1, 18; praecipitare se. Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; se praecipitem dare, Hor. S. 1, 2, 41; jactare se in praeceps, Curt. 5, 6, 7; v. HEADLONG; abjicere se, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84. (ii.) to fling oneself on the floor, etc.: abjicere se (in herbam), Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; rejicere se (in grabatum, on to a bed), Petr. 92, 3. (iii.) to t. oneself at some one's feet: ad pedes alicujus se projicere, Cic. Sest. 11, 26; abjicere, id. ib. 34, 74; prosternere, v. PROSTRATE.