[ˈja.ki.oː], [ˈjaː.t͡ʃi.o]
OrigoFrom Proto-Italic *jakjō (“throw (down?)”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁-k-t, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- (“to throw, let go”). Compare iaceō.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἵημι (híēmi, “to send, throw”).
- conjugation-3to throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away
“Alea iacta est.” — The die has been cast.
- conjugation-3to lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect
“fundamenta iacere” — to lay the foundations/groundwork
- conjugation-3to send forth, emit; bring forth, produce
- conjugation-3to scatter, sow, throw
- conjugation-3to project
- conjugation-3, figurativelyto throw out in speaking, let fall, utter, mention, declare
Formaeiaciō(canonical) · iacere(infinitive, present) · iēcī(active, perfect) · iactum(supine) · iaciō(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · iacis(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · iacit(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · iacimus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · iacitis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · iaciunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · iaciēbam(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · iaciēbās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · iaciēbat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · iaciēbāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · iaciēbātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · iaciēbant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · iaciam(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · iaciēs(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · iaciet(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person) · iaciēmus(active, first-person, future, indicative, plural)