excĭto

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excĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excio], to call out or forth, to bring or send out, to wake or rouse up (freq. and class.; cf.: provoco, evoco; irrito, lacesso, invito).

Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscura umbra, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:

aliquem a portu,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 10:

aliquem huc foras,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 2:

si excitatus fuerit de spectaculis,

turned out, expelled, Quint. 3, 6, 19:

dormientes spectatores e somno,

to wake up, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 48; cf.:

quaeso, ne me e somno excitetis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12:

velut dormitantes eos excitari,

Quint. 4, 1, 73:

patre excitato (opp. dormiente),

id. 4, 2, 72:

scuto offenso excitatus vigil,

Liv. 7, 36, 2:

aliquem ab inferis,

to summon up, Cic. Font. 12, 26; id. Cat. 2, 10, 20; id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129:

aliquem a mortuis,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 245:

non dubitavit excitare reum consularem,

to call upon to stand up, to call up, id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

reos,

id. ib. 2, 47, 195; Quint. 11, 3, 174; cf. Liv. 9, 8, 3:

testes,

Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 47: judicem, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104 et saep.: feras, to rouse or scare up, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:

cervum nemorosis latibulis,

Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.—Prov.:

aliis leporem,

Petr. 1, 31, 7.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, to raise, erect:

vapores, qui a sole ex aquis excitantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:

caput altius,

Cels. 8, 4 med. —

In partic., with the accessory notion of making, forming, to raise, erect, build, construct:

exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius, quam, etc.... nec e lapide excitari amplius,

Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68:

turres,

Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 2; id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

tumulum alicui,

Suet. Claud. 1:

aedificium,

Sen. Ep. 52:

urbem,

Flor. 1, 1:

nova sarmenta cultura excitantur,

are produced, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:

pascua in novalibus,

Pall. Nov. 13, 3:

ignem,

to kindle up, excite, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Lucr. 6, 308:

incendium,

Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3:

invalidas flammas admoto fomite,

Luc. 8, 776.— Poet. transf.:

aras,

Verg. G. 4, 549:

foculum bucca,

Juv. 3, 262:

siser stomachum,

Plin. 20, 5, 17, § 34:

uvae os, stomachum,

id. 23, 1, 7, § 12.

Trop.

In gen., to raise up, comfort; to arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven:

qui ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscerem,

erected, established, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

amici jacentem animum excitare,

id. Lael. 16, 59; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 16, 8; and:

animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:

animos omnium ad laetitiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:

aliquem ad laborem et ad laudem,

Cic. Planc. 24, 59; cf. id. Top. 2, 5:

languentem labentemque populum ad decus,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

aliquem ad bellum,

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

aliquem ad virtutem,

id. ib. 6, 14, 5:

aliquem ad audiendum,

Quint. 4, 1, 34:

gallos alacritate ad canendum,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 et saep.:

alicujus memoriam alicui excitans,

reviving, renewing, Cic. Or. 10, 35:

hominum studia ad utilitates nostras allicere atque excitare,

id. Off. 2, 6, 20:

hominum studia,

Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:

salsum excitat et a taedio defendit orationem,

enlivens, Quint. 6, 3, 19:

fictiones personarum mire orationem excitant,

id. 9, 2, 29; cf. id. 6, 1, 2:

hi soni cum augenda intentione excitandi (opp. temperandi),

to sharpen, pronounce strongly, id. 11, 3, 42:

syllabam acutam,

id. 12, 10, 33. —

In partic.

To appeal to, call upon, cite:

ut nos ex annalium monimentis testis excitamus eos, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67:

multos testis liberalitatis tuae,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 47.—

With the accessory idea of producing (acc. to I. B. 2.), to found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle:

priusquam docuero, quibus initiis ac fundamentis hae tantae summis in rebus laudes excitatae sint,

Cic. Sest. 2, 5; cf. id. Fin. 4, 7, 18:

in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,

id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

risus,

id. Phil. 3, 9, 21:

plausum,

id. Sest. 58, 124:

fletum etiam inimicis,

id. ib. 57, 121:

amores,

id. Off. 1, 5, 14:

iras,

Verg. A. 2, 594:

suspicionem alicui,

Cic. Sest. 18, 41: varios sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:

quantas tragoedias,

Cic. Mil. 7, 18:

vim ac dolorem bonorum omnium,

id. Planc. 18, 45 et saep. —Hence, excĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (lit. excited, kindled; hence), animated, lively, vigorous, vehement, strong, loud (rare but class.):

acutus et excitatus sonus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18.— Comp.:

clamor,

Liv. 4, 37, 9:

haec lumina,

Quint. 12, 10, 49:

schema,

id. 9, 3, 10.— Sup.:

odor,

Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182. — Adv.: excĭtāte, vigorously, briskly, brightly, vehemently. —In the comp.:

fulgent gemmae,

Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106:

clamitantes,

Amm. 18, 8.

call forth, bring about, wake, raise up.

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.

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.