To cause a running

prō-flŭo, xi, xum, 3, v. n., to flow forth or along (class.).

Lit.:

Mosa profluit ex monte Vogeso,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

si lacrimae ab oculis et pituita a naribus profluent,

Col. 6, 7, 11:

umor profluit,

Verg. G. 4, 25: sanguis profluens, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38:

sudor,

Just. 15, 4, 17:

per fossas,

Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 76:

ad mare,

Cic. Div. 1, 44, 100.—

Transf.

To cause a running or flow:

gravedo profluit,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 51.—

To be relaxed:

videndum est an adstrictum corpus sit, an profluat,

Cels. 3, 6:

si venter profluit,

id. 3, 6.—

Trop., to flow forth, issue, proceed (class.):

quae ab hoc fonte profluant,

Varr. L. L. 8, § 62 Müll.:

cujus ore sermo melle dulcior profluebat,

Auct. Her. 4, 33, 44:

equidem ab his fontibus profluxi ad hominum famam,

Cic. Cael. 3, 6: ad incognitas artes, to proceed to, to fall or hit upon, Tac. A. 11, 26.— Hence, prōflŭens, entis, P. a., flowing along (class.).

Lit.:

aqua profluens,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2.—

Subst.: prōflŭens, entis, f. (sc. aqua), running water (class.):

in profluentem deferri,

Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 149; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23; Flor. 1, 1, 2; 4, 12, 9.—

Trop., of speech, flowing, fluent:

genus sermonis affert non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, sed exile, aridum, concisum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

profluens et perennis loquacitas,

id. ib. 3, 48, 185:

profluens atque expedita celeritas,

id. Brut. 61, 220:

profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

id. de Or. 3, 7, 28:

eloquentia,

Tac. A. 13, 3.— Sup.:

manuum suarum profluentissima largitas,

Arn. in Psa. 104.— Hence, adv.: prōflŭenter, flowingly; trop., easily (class.):

ergo omnia profluenter, absolute, prospere,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 18, 53. — Comp., of speech, more fluently (postclass.):

profluentius exsequi,

Gell. 14, 1, 32.

fŭga, ae (archaic gen. sing. fugaï, Lucr. 1, 1047; 4, 713), f. [Sanscr. bhug'-, bend; Gr. pheugô, phugê, flight, phuza, terror; Germ. biegen, bend. On fugere and flectere, AngloSax. būgan and fleon; Germ. biegen and fliehen, v. Grimm, Deutsch. Wörterb. 1, 1814], a fleeing, flight, a running away (cf.: effugium, exsilium).

Lit.

In gen.: quove nunc Auxilio aut exili aut fugae freta sim? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 113 Vahl.):

mittam illa, fugam ab urbe turpissimam,

Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1:

desperata,

id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

dant sese in fugam milites,

take flight, id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; so,

in fugam se conferre,

id. Caecin. 8, 22:

se conicere,

id. Cael. 26, 63:

fugam capere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26, 3:

petere,

id. ib. 2, 24, 1:

parare,

Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:

fugae sese mandare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 2:

hostes dare in fugam,

to put to flight, id. ib. 2, 23, 2; 5, 51 fin.;

for which: convertere aciem in fugam,

id. ib. 1, 52, 6:

conicere hostes in fugam,

id. ib. 6, 8, 6;

7, 70, 3: impellere in fugam,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: facere fugam, to make or cause flight, put to flight, Liv. 1, 56, 4; 21, 5, 16 Drak.; 21, 52, 10; 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8; but also to take flight, to flee, Sall. J. 53, 3; 58, 4; Liv. 8, 9, 12; cf.

in Verg., dare fugam, under B.: esse in fuga,

Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; 7, 24:

reprimere fugam,

to prevent, id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 1:

spem fugae tollere,

id. ib. 1, 25: exercitum fuga, formidine terroreque complere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 9.— Plur. (mostly poet.):

quantae in periculis fugae proximorum,

Cic. Mil. 26, 69:

celeres fugae,

Hor. C. 4, 8, 15:

notusque fugarum Vertit terga Has drubal,

Sil. 17, 148; cf.:

fugas servorum ri det,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 121.—

In partic., flight from one's native land, expatriation, exile, banishment:

sibi exsilium et fugam deprecari,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3; Ov. P. 2, 8, 68:

latā fugā damnari,

Amm. 19, 12, 9.—In plur.:

quoties fugas et caedes jussit princeps,

Tac. A. 14, 64:

exsilia et fugae,

id. Agr. 45.—

Transf., in gen., a flying, swift course or motion, speed ( poet.):

qualis equos Threissa fatigat Harpalyce volucremque fugā praevertitur Hebrum,

Verg. A. 1, 317:

cui cesserit incitus amnis: Tanta fuga est,

Sil. 3, 307:

latumque fuga superabitis amnem,

Grat. Cyn. 378:

exspectet facilemquo fugam ventosque ferentes,

a swift voyage, Verg. A. 4, 430; cf.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit et praeter [p. 788] vada fervida vexit, gave a swift passage, id. ib. 7, 24;

but different: fugam dant nubila caelo,

hasten away, flee away, id. ib. 12, 367:

fuga temporum,

a fleeing away, flight, Hor. C. 3, 30, 5:

quaere fugam morbi,

seek the removal of the disorder, id. Ep. 1, 6, 29:

nobilis hic (equus), cujus clara fuga ante alios,

Juv. 8, 61.—

In plur., they who flee, runaways:

signa fugarum, Col. poët. 10, 125: plane fugae merae,

Petr. 45 fin. —

A place of banishment or refuge, Ov. H. 6, 158; id. P. 1, 2, 130.—

Trop., a fleeing from, avoiding, escape from an evil; disinclination, aversion (class.):

simili sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga,

Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33:

fuga laboris desidiam coarguit,

id. Mur. 4, 9:

turpitudinis (opp. appetentia honestatis),

id. Rep. 1, 2:

hanc ignominiam, vel exsilio vel morte, si alia fuga honoris non esset, vitassem,

Liv. 3, 67, 2:

culpae,

Hor. A. P. 31:

leti,

id. S. 2, 6, 95:

paupertatis,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 24:

pericli,

Verg. A. 8, 251:

ipsius lucis (with taedium),

Quint. 1, 3, 66:

quomodo enim vester Axilla Ala factus est, nisi fugā litterae vastioris?

Cic. Or. 45, 153.

in-cĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to set in rapid motion, to hasten, urge forwards; and with se, to put one ' s self in rapid motion, to hasten, rush (freq. and class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

vehementius equos incitare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41, 4:

saxa per pronum,

Sall. H. 3, 22 Dietsch:

hastas,

Val. Fl. 1, 409:

stellarum motus tum incitantur, tum retardantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

naves longas remis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; cf.:

lintres magno sonitu remorum incitatae,

id. ib. 7, 60, 4:

navigio remis incitato,

id. ib. 3, 14, 6:

alii ex castris sese incitant,

sally out, id. B. C. 2, 14, 3; cf.:

cum ex alto se aestus incitavisset,

had rushed in, id. B. G. 3, 12, 1; and:

quo major vis aquae se incitavisset,

id. ib. 4, 17, 7: duabus ex partibus sese (naves) in eam (navem) incitaverant, id. B. C. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 24, 3.—Prov.: incitare currentem, to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge a person who does not need urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; v. curro.—

In partic., to cause to grow larger, i. e. to augment, increase, to promote the growth of (not ante-Aug.; cf.

excito, I. B.): hibernis (Enipeus amnis) incitatus pluviis,

swollen, Liv. 44, 8, 6:

frequentibus fossuris terra permiscetur, ut incitari vitis possit,

Col. 4, 22, 3; 4, 33. fin.; 3, 21, 7.—

Trop., to incite, encourage, stimulate, rouse, excite, spur on.

In gen.:

aliquem imitandi cupiditate,

Cic. Brut. 92, 317:

quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 53:

animos, opp. sedare,

id. Or. 19, 63:

ipsum ingenium diligentia etiam ex tarditate incitat,

id. ib. 2, 35, 147:

quorum studio legendi meum scribendi studium in dies incitatur,

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

quamquam ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi,

id. de Or. 3, 60, 226:

stultas cogitationes,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10, 4:

quoniam ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2 fin.; cf.:

juvenes ad studium et ad laborem,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 262:

aliquem ad servandum genus hominum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

multa Caesarem ad id bellum incitabant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 1:

aliquem ad bellum atque arma,

Liv. 1, 27, 3:

aliquem ad amplissimam spem,

Suet. Caes. 7:

cujus voluptatis avidae libidines temere et effrenate ad potiundum incitarentur,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 39:

incitabant (animum ferocem) praeterea conrupti civitatis mores,

Sall. C. 5, 8:

cum tibia lumbos incitat,

Juv. 6, 315. —

In partic.

To inspire. nam terrae vis Pythiam Delphis incitabat, naturae Sibyllam, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

mente incitati,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14; id. Cat. 63, 93.—

In a bad sense, to excite, arouse, stir up:

neque enim desunt, qui istos in me atque in optimum quemque incitent,

Cic. Fl. 28, 66; cf. id. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

et consules senatum in tribunum et tribunus populum in consules incitabat,

Liv. 4, 2, 1:

his vocibus cum in se magis incitarent dictatorem,

id. 8, 33, 1:

opifices facile contra vos incitabuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144 (shortly before, concitentur); Hirt. B. G. 8, 35 fin.:

milites nostri pristini diei perfidiā incitati,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14, 3:

civitas ob eam rem incitata,

id. ib. 1, 4:

judices,

Quint. 6, 4, 10.—

(Acc. to I. B.) To augment, increase, enhance:

consuetudo exercitatioque et intellegendi prudentiam acuit et eloquendi celeritatem incitat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90; so,

caelibum poenas,

Tac. A. 3, 25.—Hence, incĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (set in rapid motion; hence), swiftly running, flowing, sailing, flying, etc.; in gen., rapid, swift.

Lit.:

imperator equo incitato se in hostes immittens,

at full speed, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

equo incitato,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12 fin. (for which: citato equo;

v. cito): milites cursu incitato in summo colle ab hostibus conspiciebantur,

advancing rapidly, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; cf.

in the foll. B.: mundi incitatissima conversio,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18 (shortly before: conversio concitatior).—

Trop.:

cursus in oratione incitatior,

Cic. Or. 59, 201; cf.

so of speech: Herodotus sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit: Thucydides incitatior fertur,

id. ib. 12, 39.— Adv.: incĭtātē (acc. to B.), of speech, quickly, rapidly, violently:

fluit incitatius,

Cic. Or. 63, 212:

quod incitatius feratur (locutio),

id. ib. 20, 67.