concitus

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concĭtus and concītus, a, um, v. concieo.

concĭtus, üs, m. [concieo], = concitatio, an inciting, spurring on; impetuosity, haste:

equi,

Claud. Mam. Genethl. Maxim. 8.

con-cĭĕo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (from the access. form concĭo, īre:

concit,

Lucr. 6, 410:

concibant,

Tac. H. 5, 19:

conciret,

id. A. 11, 19:

concirent,

id. ib. 3, 38 fin.:

concire,

id. ib. 3, 40;

12, 15: conciri,

Liv. 25, 27, 9:

concīta,

Lucr. 2, 267; Val. Fl. 2, 460; Luc. 5, 597; cf. cieo and the other compounds), [p. 399] v. a., to urge, bring, or assemble together, by exciting or rousing, to collect:

cum perturbatione commovere,

Non. p. 90, 7 (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. per., esp. in Lucr. and Tac.; in Quint. and in Hor. perh. only once in part. perf.; v. under II. A.; not in Cic.).

Prop.: populum, Pac. ap. Non. p. 90, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 141 Rib.); cf.:

homines miraculo rei novae,

Liv. 1, 59, 3:

exercitum ex totā insulā,

id. 25, 27, 9:

multitudinem ad se,

id. 1, 8, 5:

ad arma,

Vell. 2, 74:

donis auxilia concibant,

Tac. H. 5, 19:

remotos populos,

id. A. 3, 38:

propiores Gallos,

id. ib. 3, 40:

nunc concienda plebs,

Liv. 4, 55, 3 al. —

Of inanim. and abstr. objects, to move violently, to shake, stir up:

cur (Juppiter) tenebras et fremitus et murmura concit?

Lucr. 6, 410:

quendam aestum,

id. 6, 826:

concitus imbribus amnis,

Ov. M. 3, 79; cf.:

(verba) quae mare turbatum, quae concita flumina sistant,

id. ib. 7, 154:

navis concita,

id. ib. 4, 706:

murali concita Tormento saxa,

Verg. A. 12, 921:

mors concita ob cruciatus,

hastened, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 23 (Sillig, conscita):

fulmina et tonitrus,

Sil. 12, 611.—

Trop.

To rouse, excite, stir up, provoke:

hostem,

Tac. A. 11, 19; cf.:

Mela accusatorem concivit Fabium,

id. ib. 16, 17.—Esp. in part. perf.:

immani concitus irā,

Verg. A. 9, 694; cf. Ov. M. 7, 413:

Aonio concita Baccha deo,

id. A. A. 1, 312; cf.: pulso Thyias concita tympano, * Hor. C. 3, 15, 10:

divino concita motu,

inspired, Ov. M. 6, 158; cf. id. ib. 3, 711:

mater (corresp. with male sana),

id. ib. 4, 519: (mater) fraude aliquorum concita (sc. in filium), * Quint. 11, 1, 65; cf.:

concita dea,

enraged, Sil. 2, 543:

conciti per largitionem veterani,

Tac. A. 1, 10.—

To excite, produce, cause action, passion, disquiet, evil, etc. (the flg. taken from the agitated sea; cf. strages, Att. ap. Non. p. 90, 9; Trag. Rel. v. 399 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 36, and id. Trin. 2, 3, 8):

uxori turbas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 17:

tantum mali,

Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 4; Afran. ap. Non. p. 90, 10:

hanc iram,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 33:

seditionem,

Tac. A. 14, 17:

varios motus animorum,

id. H. 1, 4 et saep.

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in-surgo, surrexi, rectum, 3, v. n.

To rise upon, to rise up or to: insurgite remis, rise on your oars, i. e. ply your oars vigorously, Verg. A. 3, 560; 3, 207; 5, 189; so,

remis insurgitur,

Val. Fl. 2, 14:

insurgit transtris,

id. ib. 1, 450:

nigro glomerari pulvere nubem Prospiciunt Teucri, ac tenebras insurgere campis,

Verg. A. 9, 33:

sibilat insurgens capiti,

raising its head, Sil. 10, 546.—

With acc.:

jugum (i. q. in jugum),

App. M. 1, p. 103.—

To raise one ' s self, to rise, mount:

insurgat Aquilo,

Hor. Epod. 10, 7:

si forte prolapsus est, attolli et insurgere haud licitum,

Tac. G. 39, 8:

altior insurgens et cursu concitus heros,

Verg. A. 12, 902:

et (serpens) sibilat ore, Arduus insurgens,

id. ib. 11, 755:

acuta silex Speluncae dorso insurgens,

id. ib. 8, 233:

inde colles insurgunt,

Liv. 22, 4, 2:

pone tergum insurgebat silva,

Tac. A. 2, 16; so in fight, to rise for a blow:

ostendit dextram insurgens Entellus,

Verg. A. 5, 443:

altior,

Sil. 5, 294. —

Transf.

To rise, grow in power: insurgere regnis alicujus, to rise against, i. e. to aim at seizing one ' s kingdom, Ov. M. 9, 444:

Caesar insurgere paulatim,

Tac. A. 1, 2:

Romanas opes insurgere,

id. ib. 11, 16. —

Of waters, floods:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530: Atax usque eo solitus insurgere, ut se ipse non capiat, Mel. 2, 6, 6.—

To arise:

insurgunt fremitus,

Val. Fl. 2, 82. —

To rise up, to rouse or bestir one ' s self:

invigilare publicis utilitatibus et insurgere,

Plin. Pan. 66, 2.—

Of speech, to rise above the level of ordinary language, to become sublime:

Horatius insurgit aliquando,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

augeri debent sententiae, et insurgere,

id. 9, 4, 23:

haec sunt, quibus mens pariter et oratio insurgant,

id. 12, 2, 28; id. 11, 3, 13.