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New Latin trajectoria, from feminine of trajectorius of passing, from Latin traicere to cause to cross, cross, from trans -, tra - trans - + jacere to throw — more at jet
Hillary Pollster Mark Penn: Bill Did Fundamentally Change The Country 2009
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My pet theory: jazz comes from the Latin jacere the same root as for ejaculate or non-Latin cognate thereof, by way of some intermediate language, possibly a French dialect, or maybe that Irish Gypsy dialect whose name escapes me.
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My pet theory: jazz comes from the Latin jacere the same root as for ejaculate or non-Latin cognate thereof, by way of some intermediate language, possibly a French dialect, or maybe that Irish Gypsy dialect whose name escapes me.
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But as the orator said to his adversary, “Equidem vehementer lætor eum esse me, in quem tu cum cuperes, nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quæ non ad maximam partem civium convenerit,” — so it is here fallen out.
Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965
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Words that modify nouns and pronouns are called +Adjectives+ (Lat. _ad_, to, and _jacere_, to throw).
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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Deinde locis ex copia [399] maxime idoneis vineas agere, aggerem jacere et super aggerem impositis turribus opus et administros tutari.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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So also _patefaciō_, _patefīō_; _calefaciō_, _calefīō_; and all non-prepositional compounds. jaciō jacere jēcī jactus _hurl_ abiciō abicere abjēcī abjectus _throw away_ fodiō fodere fōdī fossus _dig_ fugiō fugere fūgī fugitūrus _flee_ effugiō effugere effūgī ---- _escape_
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Idem propemodum quod_ micare, _quod talos jacere, quod tesseras; quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio et consilium valent.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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+Interjections+ (Lat. _inter_, between, and _jacere_, to throw) are the eighth and last part of speech.
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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His list of the possible heads of classification of predicates has reference to a concrete, material subject, and, as shown by the last two predicaments (jacere and habere), principally to man.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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