cieō

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cĭĕo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (from the primitive form cĭo, cīre, prevailing in the compounds accio, excio, etc. (cf. Prisc. pp. 865, 905, and 908 P.), are also found: pres. cio, Mart. 4, 90, 4:

cit,

Verg. Cul. 201; Col. 6, 5, 1 Schneid.:

cimus,

Lucr. 1, 213; 5, 211:

ciunt,

Lact. Ep. 4 dub.:

ciant,

App. Flor. 2, n. 17, p. 358; Mart. Cap. 1, § 91: ciuntur, id. de Mundo, 22, p. 67), v. a. [kindr. with kiô, to go; and by the addition of the causative signif. like kineô, causative from kiô; v. 1. ci.].

Lit., to put in motion; hence, to move, stir, shake (syn.: moveo, commoveo, concito, excito al.;

class. in prose and poetry): calcem,

to make a move in the game of chess, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86:

natura omnia ciens et agitans,

Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27: inanimum est omne, quod pulsu agitatur externo;

quod autem est animal, id motu cietur interiore et suo,

id. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (for which, in the same chapter, several times movere; cf. also id. N. D. 2, 9, 23):

remos,

Stat. Th. 6, 801:

imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,

stirs up, Verg. A. 2, 419:

puppes sinistrorsum citae,

Hor. Epod. 9, 20.—

In judic. lang. t. t.:

ciere erctum (lit. to put in motion, i. e.),

to divide the inheritance, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf. erctum.—

Trop., to put in motion, to rouse up, disturb: natura maris per se immobilis est, et venti et aurae cient, Liv. 28, 27, 11:

saltum canibus ciere,

Lucr. 5, 1250: fontes et stagna, Cic. poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15:

tonitru caelum omne ciebo,

Verg. A. 4, 122:

loca sonitu cientur,

Lucr. 4, 608; cf.:

reboat raucum regio cita barbara bombum,

id. 4, 544 Lachm. N. cr. —

With reference to the terminus ad quem, to move, excite, or call to ( poet. or in Aug. and post-Aug. prose for the common accire):

ad sese aliquem,

Cat. 68, 88:

ad arma,

Liv. 5, 47, 4; Sil. 7, 43:

in pugnam,

id. 4, 272:

armatos ad pugnam,

Vell. 2, 6, 6:

aere ciere viros,

Verg. A. 6, 165:

quos e proximis coloniis ejus rei fama civerat,

Tac. A. 15, 33:

aliquem in aliquem,

id. H. 1, 84, 5:

ab ultimis subsidiis cietur miles (sc. in primam aciem),

Liv. 9, 39, 8:

ille cieri Narcissum postulat,

Tac. A. 11, 30.—

To call upon for help, to invoke; of invoking superior beings:

nocturnos manes,

Verg. A. 4, 490:

luctificam Alecto dirarum ab sede sororum,

id. ib. 7, 325:

vipereasque ciet Stygiā de valle sorores (i. e. Furias),

Ov. M. 6, 662:

numina nota ciens,

Val. Fl. 4, 549:

foedera et deos,

Liv. 22, 14, 7.—

In gen., to call upon any one by name, to mention by name:

erum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 11:

comites magnā voce,

Lucr. 4, 578:

animamque sepulcro Condimus et magnā supremum voce ciemus,

Verg. A. 3, 68:

lamentatione flebili majores suos ciens ipsumque Pompeium,

Tac. A. 3, 23:

singulos nomine,

id. ib. 2, 81; so Suet. Ner. 46: triumphum nomine ciere, i. e. to call Io triumphe! Liv. 45, 38, 12.—Hence,

In a civil sense: patrem, to name one ' s father, i. e. show one ' s free birth, Liv. 10, 8, 10.—

To put any course of action in progress or any passion in motion, i. e. to excite, stimulate, rouse, to produce, effect, cause, occasion, begin (very freq., esp. in poetry):

solis uti varios cursus lunaeque meatus Noscere possemus quae vis et causa cierent,

Lucr. 5, 773:

motus,

id. 3, 379; Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20:

varias voces,

Lucr. 5, 1059:

lamenta virum commoliri atque ciere,

id. 6, 242 Lachm. N. cr.:

tinnitus aere,

Cat. 64, 262; Verg. G. 4, 64 (cie tinnitus):

singultus ore,

Cat. 64, 131:

gemitus,

Verg. G. 3, 517:

fletus,

id. A. 3, 344:

lacrimas,

id. ib. 6, 468:

mugitus,

id. ib. 12, 103:

murmur,

id. G. 1, 110; Liv. 9, 7, 3:

bellum,

id. 5, 37, 2; Vell. 2, 54; Tac. H. 3, 41 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 541:

belli simulacra,

id. ib. 5, 674:

seditiones,

Liv. 4, 52, 2:

tumultum,

id. 28, 17, 16; 41, 24, 18:

vires intimas molemque belli,

Tac. A. 15, 2 fin.; cf. id. H. 3, 1:

pugnam,

Liv. 1, 12, 2; 2, 47, 1; 9, 22, 7; Tac. A. 3, 41:

proelium,

Liv. 2, 19, 10; 4, 33, 3; 7, 33, 12;

10, 28, 8: Martem,

Verg. A. 9, 766:

acies, stragem,

id. ib. 6, 829; cf. Liv. 22, 39, 7:

rixam,

Vell. 1, 2 al. —

In medic.:

alvum,

to cause evacuation, Plin. 20, 9, 38, § 96:

urinam,

id. 27, 7, 28, § 48:

menses,

to cause menstruation, id. 26, 15, 90, § 151 sq. al.—Hence, cĭtus, a, um, P. a., lit. put in motion; hence, quick, swift, rapid (opp. tardus, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; Sall. C. 15, 5; class.; esp. freq. in poetry;

rare in Cic.): ad scribendum citus,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 86:

quod jubeat citis quadrigis citius properet persequi,

id. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Verg. A. 8, 642:

bigae,

Cat. 55, 26:

puppis,

id. 64, 6; Tib. 4, 1, 69:

classis,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 24:

navis,

Ov. M. 15, 732; Tac. A. 2, 6:

axis,

Ov. M. 2, 75:

fugae,

id. ib. 1, 543:

plantae,

id. ib. 10, 591:

incessus,

Sall. C. 15, 5:

via,

Liv. 33, 48, 1:

venator,

Hor. C. 1, 37, 18:

cum militibus,

Tac. A. 11, 1:

legionibus,

id. ib. 14, 26:

agmine,

id. ib. 1, 63;

4, 25: cohortes,

id. ib. 12, 31:

mors,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; id. S. 1, 1, 8:

pes, i. e. iambus,

id. A. P. 252.— Comp.: nullam ego rem citiorem apud homines esse quam famam reor, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 1.— Sup., Quint. 6, 4, 14 dub.; v. Spald. and Zumpt in h. l.—

In the poets very freq. (also a few times in Tac.) instead of the adv. cito:

citi ad aedis venimus Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352, 6 Müll.: equites parent citi,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 386:

somnus fugiens citus abiit,

Cat. 63, 42: solvite vela citi, Verg, A. 4, 574; cf. id. ib. 9, 37; 12, 425; Hor. S. 1, 10, 92; cf. id. C. 3, 7, 27:

ite citi,

Ov. M. 3, 562; Tac. H. 2, 40:

si citi advenissent,

id. A. 12, 12.—Hence,

cĭto, adv.

Quickly, speedily, soon (freq. in prose and poetry of all periods):

quam tarda es! non vis citius progredi?

Phaedr. 3, 6, 2; [p. 331] Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 44:

eloquere,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 83:

abi cito et suspende te,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 20; 3, 1, 16:

labascit victus uno verbo: quam cito!

id. Eun. 1, 2, 98:

quod eum negasti, qui non cito quid didicisset, umquam omnino posse perdiscere,

Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146; cf. Hor. A. P. 335; Quint. 12, 8, 3; 11, 2, 2; 10, 6, 2:

non multum praestant sed cito,

id. 1, 3, 4 et saep.: sat cito si sat bene, a moral saying of Cato in Hier. Ep. 66, n. 9:

cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris,

Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:

ad paenitendum properat cito qui judicat, Publ. Syr. Sent. 6: scribere,

Quint. 10, 3, 10:

nimis cito diligere,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78:

cito absolvere, tarde condemnare,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.— Comp.:

citius,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Pers. 3, 3, 31; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 23; Lucr. 1, 557; 2, 34; Cic. Sen. 2, 4:

Noto citius, Verg.A.5, 242 et saep.: dicto,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; Verg. A. 1, 142:

supremā die, i. e. ante supremam diem,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 20:

serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam (for which serius ocius,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26), sooner or later, Ov. M. 10, 33.— Sup.:

citissime,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. al.—

With the negative, sometimes equivalent to non facile, not easily (cf. the Gr. tacha):

haud cito,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 89:

neque verbis aptiorem cito alium dixerim, neque sententiis crebriorem,

Cic. Brut. 76, 264: quem tu non tam cito rhetorem dixisses quam politikon, id. ib. § 265.—

Sometimes in comp. without the negative, = potius, sooner, rather:

ut citius diceres, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 67, 238 fin.:

citius dixerim, jactasse se aliquos, etc.,

id. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fam. 5, 2, 10; id. Off. 1, 18, 59; Hor. S. 2, 5, 35.—

cĭtē, quickly, Scrib. Comp. 198.

cĭtŏ, adv., v. cieo, P. a. fin.

cĭto, āvi, ātum ( part. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. pass. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [cieo].

To put into quick motion, to move or drive violently or rapidly, to hurl, shake, rouse, excite, provoke, incite, stimulate, promote, etc. (mostly post-Aug. and poet.; in earlier authors usu. only in P. a.):

citat hastam,

Sil. 4, 583:

arma,

Stat. Th. 8, 124:

gradum,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510:

urinam,

Cels. 2, 19:

pus,

id. 5, 28, n. 13:

umorem illuc,

id. 4, 6:

alvum,

Col. 7, 9, 9:

ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit gloria,

Stat. Th. 6, 834. —

Of plants, to put or shoot forth:

virgam,

Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2:

radices,

id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—

Trop.:

isque motus (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur,

be called forth, Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.:

motus cieri,

id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—

(Like cieo, 2.) With reference to the termination ad quem, to urge to, call or summon to (class.; esp. freq. in lang. of business;

syn.: voco, adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit,

Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12:

senatum,

id. 9, 30, 2:

in fora citatis senatoribus,

id. 27, 24, 2:

tribus ad sacramentum,

Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43:

judices citati in hunc reum consedistis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19:

citari nominatim unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. service,

Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—

Esp.

In law, to call the parties, to see whether they are present (syn.:

in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... citatus accusator non respondit, non affuit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41;

so of those accused,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the roll of a gang of slaves:

mancipia ergastuli cottidie per nomina,

Col. 11, 1, 22 al. —Hence, to accuse:

cum equester ordo reus a consulibus citaretur,

Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.;

and facetiously,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the charge or penalty:

omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.:

ne proditi mysterii reus a philosophis citaretur,

Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses:

in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—

Beyond the sphere of judicial proceedings: testem, auctorem, to call one to witness, to call upon, appeal to, quote, cite:

quamvis citetur Salamis clarissimae testis victoriae,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75:

quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum,

Liv. 38, 47, 4:

poëtas ad testimonium,

Petr. 2, 5:

libri, quos Macer Licinius citat identidem auctores,

Liv. 4, 20, 8.— To call for votes or opinions in the senate, haec illi, quo quisque ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an appeal to a god for aid, etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—

(Like cieo, II. C.) In gen., to mention any person or thing by name, to name, mention, call out, proclaim, announce (rare but class.;

syn. laudo): omnes Danai reliquique Graeci, qui hoc anapaesto citantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922:

paeanem,

to rehearse, recite, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251:

io Bacche,

to call, Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.:

triumphum ciere,

Liv. 45, 38, 12, infra cieo, II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, part., driven, urged on, hastened, hurried; and P a., quick, rapid, speedy, swift (opp. tardus; class.).

Prop., freq.:

citato equo,

at full gallop, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so,

equis,

id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.:

jumentis,

Suet. Ner. 5:

pede,

Cat. 63, 2:

tripudiis,

id. 63, 26:

citato gradu,

Liv. 28, 14, 17:

passibus,

Sen. Hippol. 9:

axe,

Juv. 1, 60:

citatum agmen,

Liv. 35, 30, 1:

citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit,

id. 27, 50, 1; so,

citatissimo agmine,

id. 22, 6, 10 al.:

amnis citatior,

id. 23, 19, 11:

flumen,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 178:

nautae,

Prop. 1, 8, 23:

rates,

Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456:

currus,

Sil. 8, 663:

Euro citatior,

Sil. 4, 6:

alvus citatior,

Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also instead of an adv. (cf. citus, B.):

Rhenus per fines Trevirorum citatus fertur,

Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

ferunt citati signa,

Liv. 41, 3, 8:

penna citatior ibat,

Sil. 10, 11.—

Trop., quick, rapid, vehement, impetuous:

argumenta acria et citata,

Quint. 9, 4, 135;

and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati atque ipso etiam motu celeres sumus,

id. 9, 4, 138:

Roscius citatior, Aesopus gravior fuit,

id. 11, 3, 111; 11, [p. 346] 3, 17:

pronuntiatio (opp. pressa),

id. 11, 3, 111:

citatior manus (opp. lenior),

id. 11, 3, 102:

soni tum placidi tum citati,

Gell. 1, 11, 15.— Adv.: cĭtātē, quickly, speedily, nimbly, rapidly (perh. only in the two foll. examples):

piscatores citatius moventur,

Quint. 11, 3, 112:

ut versus quam citatissime volvant,

id. 1, 1, 37.

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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ex-cĭo, īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.:

excītus,

Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.;

also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies,

Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175):

exciet,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13:

excibant,

Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio;

and for excita,

Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).

Lit.:

auxilia e Germania Britanniaque excivit segniter,

Tac. H. 2, 97:

consulem ab urbe,

Liv. 3, 2:

homines sedibus,

id. 32, 13:

sellularii exciti (ad militiam) dicuntur,

id. 8, 20 init.:

animas imis sepulcris,

Verg. E. 8, 98:

suem latebris,

Ov. M. 10, 711:

Urgulaniam domo principis,

Tac. A. 4, 21:

quid est quod me excivisti ante aedes?

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 1; so,

aliquem foras,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 52:

hostem ad dimicandum acie,

Liv. 2, 30:

Volscos ad expugnandam secum Ardeam,

id. 4, 9, 11:

auxilia,

id. 45, 4, 3:

juventutem Celtiberorum,

id. 28, 24, 4; cf.:

in pugnam,

Luc. 6, 12:

in arma,

Stat. Th. 4, 146:

in proelia,

Luc. 7, 361:

principibus coloniae Romam excitis,

Liv. 3, 4, 5.— Absol.:

exciente buccina Tritone,

Suet. Claud. 21 fin. —

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce:

semina per artus,

Lucr. 4, 1215:

lacrimas alicui,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2:

crepitum,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16:

sonitum pedibus,

Lucr. 2, 327:

molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis,

Verg. A. 5, 790:

vim morbi,

Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.—

Trop.

To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one:

sopore,

Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf.

also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit,

Liv. 4, 27, 6:

somno excitus,

Sall. J. 72 fin.:

Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti,

id. ib. 99, 2:

inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus,

Liv. 36, 7:

excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc.,

Tac. A. 1, 51:

qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias,

Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7:

ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat,

id. ib. 15, 4:

Evander concursu pastorum, excitus,

Liv. 1, 7, 9:

Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant,

Tac. Agr. 29.— Poet.:

pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus,

frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.—

To stir up, excite any passion (very rare):

terrorem,

Liv. 10, 4; cf.

tumultum,

id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.

hercisco or ercisco, ĕre, v. a. [contr. from herctum or erctum and cisco, as a v. inch. from cieo; cf. herctum], in the old jurid. lang., to proceed to the division of an inheritance, to divide an inheritance.

Lit.:

idcirco qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem herciscundae familiae causam agere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237:

arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit,

id. Caecin. 7, 19; Dig. 10, 2; cf. App. M. 9, p. 229.—

Transf.:

nos viae herciscundae contendentes,

i. e. disputing as to which way we should take, App. M. 6, p. 186.

in-cĭtus, a, um, adj., set in rapid motion, rapid, swift, violent ( poet.):

venti vis,

Lucr. 1, 271:

inciti atque alacres Delphini, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 35, 89: hasta,

Verg. A. 12, 492:

silex,

Sil. 1, 491:

longis Porticibus conjux fugit,

Val. Fl. 1, 728.

incĭtus, a, um, adj. [2. in-citus, unmoved; hence], of a chessman that cannot be moved, immovable:

(calculi) qui moveri omnino non possunt, incitos dicunt. Unde et egentes homines inciti vocantur, quibus spes ultra procedendi nulla restat,

Isid. Orig. 18, 67.—As substt.

incĭtae, ārum (sc. calces), f., and

incĭta, ōrum, n. Used only in the ante- and post-class. authors in the transf. phrase, ad incita or ad incitas aliquem redigere, deducere, redire, etc., to bring to a stand-still, reduce to extremity: Sy. Profecto ad incitas lenonem rediget, si eas abduxerit. Mi. Quin prius disperibit faxo, quam unam calcem civerit, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85:

ut ad incitast redactus,

id. Trin. 2, 4, 136 Brix: vilicum corrupit, ad incita redegit, Lucil. ap. Non. 123, 27:

illud ad incita cum redit atque internecionem,

id. ib. 25:

Epirotae ad incitas intolerandi tributi mole depressi,

Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 9.

incĭtus, ūs, m. [in-cieo], quick motion:

adsiduo mundi incitu,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116.