exsultāns (exult-)

exsulto ( exult-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to spring vigorously, to leap or jump up (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

equi ferocitate exsultantes,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

equi,

Nep. Eum. 5:

exsultantes loligines,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 145: pisciculi, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 66, 1:

pecora exsultantia,

Plin. 18, 35, 88, § 364:

taurus in herba,

Ov. M. 2, 864; cf. id. ib. 11, 79:

(curetes) in numerum exsultant,

i. e. dance, Lucr. 2, 631.—

Of inanimate subjects:

sanguis emicat exsultans alte,

Lucr. 2, 195:

pila exsultat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 10 fin.:

exsultant aestu latices,

Verg. A. 7, 464; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114:

exsultant vada atque aestu miscentur harenae,

Verg. A. 3, 557:

glaebae,

Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179: densiores circa pampini exsultant, spring up, i. e. come up, grow up, id. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

breves (syllabae) si continuantur, exsultant,

to skip, hop, Quint. 9, 4, 91.—

Trop.

In gen., to gambol about, move freely, expatiate:

hic (in pectore) exsultat pavor ac metus,

riot, gambol, Lucr. 3, 141:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf.:

in reliquis (orationibus) exsultavit audacius (Demosthenes),

id. Or. 8, 26:

assurgendi exsultandique in laudando licentia,

Quint. 2, 2, 9:

solidos novus exsultabis in actus,

will undertake with alacrity, Stat. S. 4, 4, 38.—

In partic., to exult, rejoice exceedingly; to run riot, to revel; to vaunt, boast: exsultantem te et praefidentem tibi repriment legum habenae, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; cf.:

rex ille (Tarquinius) victoriis divitiisque subnixus, exsultabat insolentiā,

id. Rep. 2, 25; and:

exsultasse populum insolentiā libertatis,

id. ib. 1, 40:

exsultare eam (partem animi) in somno immoderateque jactari,

id. Div. 1, 29, 60: exsultare voluptate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 7 (Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):

laetitiā,

id. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16 (with temere gestiens); id. Att. 15, 21, 1; Liv. 27, 2, 2:

gaudio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

victoriā,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16; cf.

successu,

Verg. A. 2, 386:

gestis,

Tac. Agr. 8:

vana spe,

Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.: in ruinis alicujus, [p. 706] Cic. Balb. 26, 58: in omni crudelitate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (Rep. 2, 41 ed. Mos.):

Graeci exsultant, quod, etc.,

id. Att. 6, 1, 15: dum histrio in cubiculum principis exsultaverit (= exorchêsaito, Gronov.), Tac. A. 11, 28 (al. insultaverit).— Absol.:

illa theatra (i. e. spectatores) exsultant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39 Mos. N. cr.:

furorem exsultantem reprimere,

id. Sest. 44, 95; cf.:

exsultantem laetitiam comprimere,

id. Top. 22, 86:

laus in qua maxime ceterorum exsultat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 54.—Hence, ex-sultans ( exult-), antis, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. fin.) Of short syllables, skipping, hopping:

paululum morae damus inter ultimum ac proximum verbum... alioqui sit exsultantissimum et trimetri finis,

Quint. 9, 4, 108.—

(Acc. to II. B.)

Boastful, vain-glorious:

turbati aut exsultantis animi motus,

Tac. H. 1, 17.—

Of an orator or an oration, diffuse, prolix:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi... laetis corrupti, compositis exsultantes,

Quint. 10, 2, 16; cf. id. 12, 10, 12; 8, 3, 56; 9, 4, 69 (with remissae);

10, 4, 1: Cicero supra modum exsultans et superfluens,

Tac. Dial. 18.— Hence, * Adv.: exsultanter, diffusely, at large; only comp.:

quae hilarius et quasi exsultantius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.

gestĭo, ōnis, f. [gero].

A managing, doing, performing (perh. only in the foll. passages;

syn.: actio, administratio): in gestione autem negotii, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 38; cf. id. ib. 2, 12, 39.—

A behaving, acting in any manner, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 8.

gestĭo, īvi, or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic imperf. gestibat, Gell. 15, 2, 1:

gestibant,

Plaut. As. 2, 2, 49), v. n. [2. gestus, I.], to use passionate gestures, to throw one's self about (espec. for joy), to be transported, to exult, to be joyful, cheerful (cf.: exsilio, exsulto): gestit, qui subitā felicitate exhilaratus nimio corporis motu praeter consuetudinem exsultat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. G. 1, 387 (freq. and class.).

Lit.; constr. with abl. or absol.

With abl.:

quorum alter laetitiā gestiat, alter dolore crucietur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14; cf.:

voluptate nimiā gestire,

id. Off. 1, 29, 102:

inani laetitia exsultans et temere gestiens,

id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16:

Veliterni coloni gestientes otio,

Liv. 6, 36, 1:

cur non gestiret taurus equae contrectatione, equus vaccae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77; Col. 8, 15, 4:

secundis rebus,

Liv. 45, 19, 7.—

Absol.:

quid est, quod sic gestis?

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 10; cf. ib. 7:

hac (eloquentiā) deducimus perterritos a timore, hac gestientes comprimimus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 148:

tum gestit aper, cum sese Martia tigris Abstulit,

Val. Fl. 3, 634:

cum laetitia, ut adepta jam aliquid concupitum, efferatur et gestiat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 12; cf. id. ib. § 13.—

Trop., in speaking, to enlarge at will, to digress:

quapropter historiae nonnumquam ubertas in aliqua exercendi stili parte ponenda, et dialogorum libertate gestiendum,

Quint. 10, 5, 15.—

Transf., to desire eagerly or passionately, to long for; constr. usually with inf., rarely with abl. or absol.

With inf.:

roga, obsecro hercle, gestio promittere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 11:

machaera, quae gestit stragem facere,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 8:

moecho abdomen adimere,

id. ib. 5, 1, 5:

gestio scire ista omnia,

Cic. Att. 4, 11, 1:

Antonius senatum delere gestit,

id. Phil. 6, 14:

nihil erat, quod Zeno mutare gestiret,

id. Fin. 4, 4, 8:

transfuga divitum Partes linquere gestio,

Hor. C. 3, 16, 24:

fuge, quo descendere gestis,

id. Ep. 1, 20, 5:

quod gestiat animus aliquid agere in re publica,

Cic. Att. 2, 7, 4.—With pass. inf.:

equidem illam moveri gestio,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 43:

ipsum gestio dari mihi in conspectum,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 39, 2; Gell. 16, 13, 4.—

With abl.:

(cygnos) nunc currere in undas, Et studio incassum videas gestire lavandi,

Verg. G. 1, 387.—

Absol.: gestiunt pugni mihi. my fists itch to be at you, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 167:

dudum scapulae gestibant mihi,

i. e. were longing for the whip, id. As. 2, 2, 49:

inridere ne videare et gestire admodum,

id. Most. 3, 2, 126. [p. 814]