quickly

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.

cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum (COGVIT = cogit, Inscr Marin Fratr Arv. p. 170), 3, v. a. [contr. from co-ago], to drive together to one point, to collect, compress, crowd, bring, or urge together, to assemble, gather together (class. and very freq.; syn.: colligo, congrego)

Lit.

In gen. (constr. as a verb of motion with in and acc., or with adv. of direction):

cogantur (oves) intro,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 15; Verg. E. 3, 98; cf.

pecus,

id. ib. 3, 20:

oves stabulis,

id. ib. 6, 85:

nubes in unum locum,

Lucr. 6, 274; cf. id. 6, 464; 6, 734:

oleam,

to collect, Cato, R. R. 64, 1; 65, 2; 144, 1.—So of the collecting together of fruits, also in Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 3, 9:

talenta ad quindecim Coëgi,

received, collected, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94 Ruhnk.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 120; id. Att. 6, 2, 8; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30:

Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam undique coëgit,

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

multitudinem hominum ex agris, id. ib: concilium,

id. ib. 7, 77; Verg. A. 11, 304:

concilium Hypatam,

Liv. 36, 26, 1:

bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—So of the collecting of troops ( = contrahere), Caes. B. C. 1, 15 fin.; cf. Sall. J. 95, 1:

copias in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 6, 10 al.:

exercitum in unum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2:

multitudinem in unum,

Sall. J. 80, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

in classem,

Liv. 36, 3, 5:

milites in provinciam,

id. 43, 15, 7:

exercitum Dyrrhachium,

Sall. H. 1, 31 Gerl.:

ad militiam aliquos,

id. J. 85, 3:

acies in proelia,

Verg. A. 9, 463:

auxilia undique,

id. ib. 8, 7.—And of the calling together of a senate:

quam cito senatum illo die coëgerim,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 39, 6 al.:

dum senatus cogeretur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7:

coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed gratiā,

id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; Liv. 1, 48, 3 al.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—And of a single senator:

cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer?

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 11 sq.:

ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes,

contracting, combining, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt:

quod ex omnibus partibus cogitur,

id. 5, 14, 9.—

Esp.

Of liquids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate:

mella frigore (opp. calore remittere),

Verg. G. 4, 36:

lac in duritiam,

Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126; cf. Ov. M. 8, 666:

fel sole,

Plin. 29, 6, 37, § 116:

liquorem in nivem,

id. 2, 39, 39, § 105; 2, 42, 42, § 111.—Similarly:

coacta alvus,

hard fœces, Cels. 2, 8; 2, 3 al.; so,

vestis coacta,

fulled, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 192. —

Of places, to draw together or contract into a narrow place: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 400:

saltus in arctas coactus fauces,

Liv. 22, 15, 11.—

Agmen, milit. t. t., to bring up the rear (cf. claudo, I. B. 2.), Liv. 34, 28, 7; 44, 4, 12; 35, 27, 15; 42, 64, 5; 42, 10, 8; Curt. 3, 3, 25 al.—

Trop.

In gen.:

hac re in angustum oppido nunc meae coguntur copiae (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.),

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

have confined, restricted, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

in eam desperationem, ut,

Suet. Caes. 20:

verba in alternos pedes,

i. e. to write in elegiac verse, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 10.—More freq.,

Esp. with acc., inf., ut, ad, in or absol., to urge one to any action, to force, compel, constrain (syn.: impello, compello, adigo).

With acc.:

coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:

vis cogendae militiae,

Liv. 4, 26, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.—

With inf:

omnia vertere,

Lucr. 5, 831; id. 5, 1167; 6, 837:

mori me,

Verg. E. 2, 7:

plerasque ad officium redire,

Nep. Milt. 7, 1; Liv. 38, 13, 2:

neque cogi pugnare poterat,

id. 45, 41, 4 et saep.—

With ut:

vi coepi cogere ut rediret,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 26; so id. And. 4, 1, 30; id. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Lucr. 1, 976; 6, 127; Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Fam. 5, 6, 1; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2.—With subj. without ut, cf. Ter. And. 4, 4, 41 supra.—

With ad:

ingratiis ad depugnandum omnes,

Nep. Them. 4, 4:

ad lacrimas,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 57:

ad proelia,

Verg. A. 12, 581:

Samnites belloque ad bellum cogere,

Liv. 10, 11, 11; 23, 1, 4; 4, 22, 4; 34, 18, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21.—

With in:

in lacrimas,

Ov. Ib. 204; Quint. 3, 8, 23;

Auct. B. G. 8, 38: aliquem in deditionem,

Liv. 43, 1, 1; Sen. Clem. 1, 1.—

With acc.

With double acc.:

cogere aliquem aliquid, or cogi aliquid,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44:

quod sua quemque mala cogebant,

Liv. 3, 7, 8; 6, 15, 13; 23, 10, 6:

cogi aliquid pro potestate ab tribuno,

to be extorted, id. 4, 26, 10:

quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!

Verg. A. 3, 56.—

With acc. of the thing:

ne ad id, quod natura cogeret, ipse quoque sibi acceleraret,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

quod cogere se putat posse, rogare non sustinet,

Vell. 2, 81, 1:

adulterium,

Ov. A. A. 2, 367.—

Sometimes as philos. t. t. = colligo, concludo, to infer, conclude:

ex quibus id quod volumus efficitur et cogitur,

Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; so id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 7, 4.—

Cogere agmen, to be the last (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.;

v. I. B. 3. supra): ut nec duces simus, nec agmen cogamus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1; cf.:

sic ordinandus est dies omnis, ut tamquam cogat agmen,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8.—Hence,

coactum, i, P. a. subst., a thick, fulled covering, a mattress (cf. coactilis), Caes. B. C. 3, 44 fin. —

coactus, a, um, P. a., forced, constrained, unnatural:

quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret,

Gell. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. 16, 14, 3:

lacrimae,

Verg. A. 2, 196; Ov. M. 6, 628.—

coactē, adv. (prop. in a contracted manner; hence), [p. 363]

Shortly, quickly:

coactius quid factum et festinantius,

Gell. 10, 11, 8.—

Accurately, strictly:

coactius interpretari verbum,

Gell. 19, 2.—

In a forced, constrained manner, Tert. Bapt. 12; id. Anim. 42 al.

cōgo, cŏēgi, cŏactum (COGVIT = cogit, Inscr Marin Fratr Arv. p. 170), 3, v. a. [contr. from co-ago], to drive together to one point, to collect, compress, crowd, bring, or urge together, to assemble, gather together (class. and very freq.; syn.: colligo, congrego)

Lit.

In gen. (constr. as a verb of motion with in and acc., or with adv. of direction):

cogantur (oves) intro,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 15; Verg. E. 3, 98; cf.

pecus,

id. ib. 3, 20:

oves stabulis,

id. ib. 6, 85:

nubes in unum locum,

Lucr. 6, 274; cf. id. 6, 464; 6, 734:

oleam,

to collect, Cato, R. R. 64, 1; 65, 2; 144, 1.—So of the collecting together of fruits, also in Varr. R. R. 1, 6, 3; Col. 11, 2, 70; 12, 3, 9:

talenta ad quindecim Coëgi,

received, collected, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 94 Ruhnk.; so Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 120; id. Att. 6, 2, 8; id. Rab. Post. 11, 30:

Orgetorix ad judicium omnem suam familiam undique coëgit,

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

multitudinem hominum ex agris, id. ib: concilium,

id. ib. 7, 77; Verg. A. 11, 304:

concilium Hypatam,

Liv. 36, 26, 1:

bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—So of the collecting of troops ( = contrahere), Caes. B. C. 1, 15 fin.; cf. Sall. J. 95, 1:

copias in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 6, 10 al.:

exercitum in unum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 2:

multitudinem in unum,

Sall. J. 80, 2; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

in classem,

Liv. 36, 3, 5:

milites in provinciam,

id. 43, 15, 7:

exercitum Dyrrhachium,

Sall. H. 1, 31 Gerl.:

ad militiam aliquos,

id. J. 85, 3:

acies in proelia,

Verg. A. 9, 463:

auxilia undique,

id. ib. 8, 7.—And of the calling together of a senate:

quam cito senatum illo die coëgerim,

Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 3; Liv. 3, 39, 6 al.:

dum senatus cogeretur,

Cic. Fin. 3, 2, 7:

coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed gratiā,

id. Phil. 1, 5, 12; Liv. 1, 48, 3 al.; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 13.—And of a single senator:

cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer?

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 11 sq.:

ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes,

contracting, combining, Quint. 1, 5, 23 Spald. and Zumpt:

quod ex omnibus partibus cogitur,

id. 5, 14, 9.—

Esp.

Of liquids, to thicken, condense, curdle, coagulate:

mella frigore (opp. calore remittere),

Verg. G. 4, 36:

lac in duritiam,

Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126; cf. Ov. M. 8, 666:

fel sole,

Plin. 29, 6, 37, § 116:

liquorem in nivem,

id. 2, 39, 39, § 105; 2, 42, 42, § 111.—Similarly:

coacta alvus,

hard fœces, Cels. 2, 8; 2, 3 al.; so,

vestis coacta,

fulled, Plin. 8, 48, 73, § 192. —

Of places, to draw together or contract into a narrow place: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 400:

saltus in arctas coactus fauces,

Liv. 22, 15, 11.—

Agmen, milit. t. t., to bring up the rear (cf. claudo, I. B. 2.), Liv. 34, 28, 7; 44, 4, 12; 35, 27, 15; 42, 64, 5; 42, 10, 8; Curt. 3, 3, 25 al.—

Trop.

In gen.:

hac re in angustum oppido nunc meae coguntur copiae (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.),

Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2:

me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

have confined, restricted, Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

in eam desperationem, ut,

Suet. Caes. 20:

verba in alternos pedes,

i. e. to write in elegiac verse, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 10.—More freq.,

Esp. with acc., inf., ut, ad, in or absol., to urge one to any action, to force, compel, constrain (syn.: impello, compello, adigo).

With acc.:

coactus legibus Eam uxorem ducet,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 44; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 36:

vis cogendae militiae,

Liv. 4, 26, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.—

With inf:

omnia vertere,

Lucr. 5, 831; id. 5, 1167; 6, 837:

mori me,

Verg. E. 2, 7:

plerasque ad officium redire,

Nep. Milt. 7, 1; Liv. 38, 13, 2:

neque cogi pugnare poterat,

id. 45, 41, 4 et saep.—

With ut:

vi coepi cogere ut rediret,

Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 26; so id. And. 4, 1, 30; id. Ad. 5, 3, 65; Lucr. 1, 976; 6, 127; Caes. B. G. 1, 6; Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Fam. 5, 6, 1; Nep. Alcib. 4, 5; Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2.—With subj. without ut, cf. Ter. And. 4, 4, 41 supra.—

With ad:

ingratiis ad depugnandum omnes,

Nep. Them. 4, 4:

ad lacrimas,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 57:

ad proelia,

Verg. A. 12, 581:

Samnites belloque ad bellum cogere,

Liv. 10, 11, 11; 23, 1, 4; 4, 22, 4; 34, 18, 2; Tac. A. 2, 21.—

With in:

in lacrimas,

Ov. Ib. 204; Quint. 3, 8, 23;

Auct. B. G. 8, 38: aliquem in deditionem,

Liv. 43, 1, 1; Sen. Clem. 1, 1.—

With acc.

With double acc.:

cogere aliquem aliquid, or cogi aliquid,

Quint. 11, 1, 22:

quod vos jus cogit, id voluntate impetret,

Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 44:

quod sua quemque mala cogebant,

Liv. 3, 7, 8; 6, 15, 13; 23, 10, 6:

cogi aliquid pro potestate ab tribuno,

to be extorted, id. 4, 26, 10:

quid non mortalia pectora cogis, Auri sacra fames!

Verg. A. 3, 56.—

With acc. of the thing:

ne ad id, quod natura cogeret, ipse quoque sibi acceleraret,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

quod cogere se putat posse, rogare non sustinet,

Vell. 2, 81, 1:

adulterium,

Ov. A. A. 2, 367.—

Sometimes as philos. t. t. = colligo, concludo, to infer, conclude:

ex quibus id quod volumus efficitur et cogitur,

Cic. Leg. 2, 13, 33; so id. Ep. ad Brut. 2, 7, 4.—

Cogere agmen, to be the last (the figure borrowed from milit. lang.;

v. I. B. 3. supra): ut nec duces simus, nec agmen cogamus,

Cic. Att. 15, 13, 1; cf.:

sic ordinandus est dies omnis, ut tamquam cogat agmen,

Sen. Ep. 12, 8.—Hence,

coactum, i, P. a. subst., a thick, fulled covering, a mattress (cf. coactilis), Caes. B. C. 3, 44 fin. —

coactus, a, um, P. a., forced, constrained, unnatural:

quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret,

Gell. 1, 4, 7; cf. id. 16, 14, 3:

lacrimae,

Verg. A. 2, 196; Ov. M. 6, 628.—

coactē, adv. (prop. in a contracted manner; hence), [p. 363]

Shortly, quickly:

coactius quid factum et festinantius,

Gell. 10, 11, 8.—

Accurately, strictly:

coactius interpretari verbum,

Gell. 19, 2.—

In a forced, constrained manner, Tert. Bapt. 12; id. Anim. 42 al.

concĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [concieo], to move violently, to put in violent or quick motion, to stir up, rouse up, excite, incite, shake.

Prop. (thus most freq. in the poets and histt.):

artus,

Lucr. 3, 292; 3, 301:

equum calcaribus,

Liv. 2, 6, 8; cf.:

equum in aliquem,

Nep. Pelop. 5, 4:

concitant equos permittuntque in hostem,

Liv. 3, 61, 8:

equos adversos,

id. 8, 7, 9; cf. also under P. a.:

naves quantā maximā celeritate poterat,

id. 36, 44, 4; cf.:

classem concitatam remis,

id. 30, 25, 8; 37, 11, 10:

navem remis,

Curt. 4, 3, 2:

in alteram (navem) quinqueremis eadem concitata,

id. 4, 4, 7:

agmen,

Ov. M. 14, 239:

omne nemus,

id. F. 1, 436:

feras,

id. ib. 2, 286:

tela,

Liv. 34, 39, 3:

eversas Eurus aquas,

Ov. H. 7, 42; cf.:

mare aeriore vento,

Curt. 4, 3, 17:

graves pluvias,

Ov. F. 2, 72:

se in hostem,

Liv. 8, 39, 7; cf.:

se in Teucros alis (Alecto),

Verg. A. 7, 476:

se in fugam,

to take to flight, Liv. 22, 17, 6; cf.:

se fugā in aliquem locum,

Val. Fl. 3, 383.—

Trop. (class. and very freq. in prose and poetry).

Aliquem, to rouse, urge, impel one to any act, feeling, etc., to move strongly, to influence, stir up, instigate, etc.; constr. with acc. pers. and ad, in, adversus, the inf. and absol.

With ad and a subst., gerund, or gerundive:

concitari ad studium cognoscendae percipiendaeque virtutis,

Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 204; cf.:

concitatus ad philosophiam studio,

id. Brut. 89, 306:

judicem ad fortiter judicandum,

Quint. 6, 1, 20:

victum ad depellendam ignominiam,

id. 1, 2, 24:

nos ad quaerendum,

id. 10, 2, 5:

omnem Galliam ad nostrum auxilium,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

multitudinem ad arma,

id. ib. 7, 42 fin.; cf.: cessantes ad arma, * Hor. C. 1, 35, 16: colonias ad audendum aliquid, Suet. Caes. 8:

ad convicia,

id. Tib. 54:

ad despiciendam vitam,

id. Oth. 10.—

With in:

qui in iram concitat se,

Quint. 6, 2, 27; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6.—

With adversus:

Etruriam omnem adversus nos,

Liv. 5, 4, 14:

exercitum adversus regem,

id. 1, 59, 12.—

With inf.:

quae vos dementia concitat captam dimittere Trojam?

Ov. M. 13, 226.—

Absol., both with and without abl.:

te ipsum animi quodam impetu concitatum,

Cic. Mur. 31, 65; so,

uxorem dolore,

id. Scaur. 6, 9 (Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 689 P.):

aliquem injuriis,

Sall. C. 35, 3:

multitudinem fallaci spe,

Liv. 6, 15, 6:

familiam seditionibus,

Col. 1, 8, 18:

aliquem aliquo adfectu,

Quint. 10, 7, 15:

irā,

Liv. 23, 7, 7; 42, 59, 2; Quint. 6, 3, 46; Liv. 7, 8, 3:

aspectu pignorum suorum concitari,

Tac. Agr. 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6:

quo enim spectat illud... nisi ut opifices concitentur?

should be excited to sedition, id. Ac. 2, 47, 144; cf. id. Fl. 8, 18 sq.; Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; cf.

servitia,

Sall. C. 46, 3:

multitudinem,

Nep. Arist. 1, 3:

suos,

Caes. B. G. 5, 26:

judices (opp. flectere),

Quint. 6, 1, 9; cf.

(opp. placare),

id. 11, 3, 170;

(opp. mitigare),

id. 3, 4, 3; 4, 2, 9; 6, 2, 12:

concitare animos ac remittere,

id. 9, 4, 11:

tuas aures de nobis,

Prop. 3 (4), 15, 45.—

Aliquid, to rouse, excite, cause, occasion, produce any action, passion, evil, etc.:

bellum,

Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Nep. Ham. 4, 3; Liv. 5, 5, 11; Flor. 4, 5, 1 al.; cf.:

bellum Romanis,

Liv. 35, 12, 18:

quantas turbas mihi,

Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch; cf.:

quantam pugnam mihi,

Quint. 10, 1, 105:

lacrimas totius populi Romani,

id. 11, 3,:

misericordiam populi,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227:

odium (just before, commovere odium),

id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; cf. id. ib. 1, 53, 100:

invidiam in te ex illis rebus,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21:

invidiam, odium, iram,

Quint. 6, 1, 14:

iram (opp. lenire),

id. 3, 8, 12:

risum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235:

seditionem ac discordiam,

id. Mur. 39, 83:

tumultum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 18; Liv. 38, 33, 7:

aspera iambis maxime concitantur,

Quint. 9, 4, 136:

error vanis concitatus imaginibus,

Val. Max. 9, 9 init.:

morbos,

Cels. 2, 13:

pituitam,

id. 6, 6, 15:

somnum,

Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 189.—Hence, concĭtātus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I.) Violently moved, i. e. rapid, swift, quick:

equo concitato ad hostem vehitur,

at full speed, Nep. Dat. 4 fin. (more freq. citato equo; v. 2. cito, P. a.):

quam concitatissimos equos immittere jubet,

Liv. 35, 5, 8:

conversio caeli concitatior,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; so,

cursu,

Liv. 35, 29, 6:

concitatissimus corporis motus,

Quint. 2, 11, 4.—

(Acc. to II.) Roused up, excited, vehement, ardent (freq. in Quint.):

testimonia non concitatae contionis sed jurati senatūs,

Cic. Fl. 7, 17:

(in comoediis pater) interim concitatus, interim lenis est,

Quint. 11, 3, 74:

adfectus (opp. mites atque compositi),

id. 6, 2, 9; cf.

opp. flebiles,

id. 11, 3, 162:

animus an remissus,

id. 3, 9, 7:

causae,

id. 11, 1, 3:

oratio,

id. 3, 8, 58 and 60:

sententiae,

id. 12, 9, 3; 10, 1, 44:

erectā et concitatā voce (opp. summissā atque contractā),

id. 11, 3, 175:

Lucanus ardens et concitatus,

id. 10, 1, 91.— Comp.:

concitatior accidens clamor,

Liv. 10, 5, 2; Quint. 2, 15, 28; 8, 3, 14.—Hence, concĭtātē, adv. (not in Cic.).

(Acc. to 1.) Quickly, rapidly:

agitur pecus,

Col. 6, 6, 4.—

(Acc. to 2.) Impetuously, ardently (most freq. in Quint.):

dicere,

Quint. 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 23; 11, 3, 23;

12, 10, 71: itur,

id. 11, 3, 133.— Comp.:

dicere,

Quint. 1, 8, 1; 3, 8, 68; 9, 4, 130:

movere adfectus,

id. 12, 10, 26.—

* Sup.: raperet ventus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26.

con-vī̆bro, āvi, 1, v. n. and a. *

Neutr., to move one's self rapidly: pedibus, Poët. ap. Fest. p. 206, 11.—

Act., to move a thing quickly, set in rapid motion (late Lat.):

linguam,

App. Flor. 2, n. 12, p. 348, 40; Amm. 17, 7, 15.

cŏrusco, āre, v. a. and n. (the access. form conisco is found in some copies of Lucr. 2, 320, and Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21) [root scar-, to leap; Gr. skairô; cf. also korussô; v. Lidd. and Scott, s. v.].

To thrust or push with the horns (very rare):

agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

Lucr. 2, 320:

frontem,

Juv. 12, 6: caput opponis cum eo coruscans, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 21.—

Transf., to move quickly, to vibrate, shake, brandish, wave, tremble, etc. ( poet.).

Act.:

duo Gaesa manu,

Verg. A. 8, 661:

hastam,

id. ib. 12, 431:

telum,

id. ib. 12, 887; Sil. 1, 434:

ferrum,

Val. Fl. 2, 228 al.:

linguas (colubrae),

Ov. M. 4, 494:

alternos apices (flammae),

Stat. Th. 12, 432.—

Neutr., to flit, flutter, shake:

apes pennis coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 73:

abies,

trembles, Juv. 3, 254.—

In partic., of the tremulous motion of fire, lightning, or brilliant bodies, to flash, glitter, gleam, coruscate: flamma inter nubes coruscat, Pac. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 39, 157:

elucent aliae (apes) et fulgore coruscant,

Verg. G. 4, 98:

Juppiter arce,

Val. Fl. 5, 304:

telisque salum facibusque coruscat,

id. 1, 703:

coruscans clipeus,

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 29 al.

curro, cŭcurri (old form cĕcurri, acc. to Gell. 7, 9, 14: curri, Varr. Imp. ap. Front. Ep. 2 Mai; Tert. Fug. in Pers. 12; Arn. 4, 4), cursum, 3, v. n. [kindr. with celer, coruscus], to run, to move quickly (on foot, on a horse, ship, etc.), to hasten, fly (very freq. in every period and species of composition).

Lit.

Of living beings:

si ingrederis curre, si curris advola,

Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

propere,

Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 56:

per vias,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 24:

per totum conclave pavidi,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 113:

circum loculos,

id. ib. 2, 3, 147:

subsidio,

Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; Prop. 2 (3), 26, 17 al.:

in nostros toros,

id. 3, 20 (4, 19), 10 et saep.:

ad villam praecipitanter,

Lucr. 3, 1063:

per omne mare nautae,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 30:

trans mare,

id. Ep. 1, 11, 27:

extremos ad Indos mercator,

id. ib. 1, 1, 45; cf.:

injecto ter pulvere curras (nauta),

id. C. 1, 28, 36 al.:

sed neque currentem se nec cognoscit euntem,

his former strength, Verg. A. 12, 903:

ad vocem praeceps amensque cucurri,

Ov. M. 7, 844.—With acc. of distance:

uno die MCCCV. stadia,

Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; cf.

in a figure: eosdem cursus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; cf. b infra.— Poet., of flight:

medio ut limite curras, Icare, moneo,

Ov. M. 8, 203.—With inf.:

quis illam (dextram) osculari non curreret?

Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 1.— Impers.:

ad me curritur,

Ter. Heaut. prol. 44:

curritur ad praetorium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 92:

quo curratur celeriter,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 1, 30 al. —

Rarely with the homogeneous objects iter, stadium, campus, etc.:

qui stadium currit,

who runs a race, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 42:

currimus aequor,

Verg. A. 3, 191; 5, 235 (cf. id. ib. 5, 862).—Hence pass.: unde et campus curritur et mare navigatur, Auct. ap. Quint. 1, 4, 28.—

Prov.: currentem incitare or instigare, etc., to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge one who needs no urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; id. Fam. 15, 15, 3; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 45:

facilius est currentem, ut aiunt, incitare quam commovere languentem,

id. de Or. 2, 44, 186; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 15; cf.

ellipt.: quod me hortaris... currentem tu quidem,

Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2; so,

currentem hortari,

id. ib. 5, 9, 1;

6, 7, 1: currenti calcaria addere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 1:

asellum currere doceas,

i. e. you labor to no purpose, Hor. S. 1, 1, 91:

per flammam,

to go through fire, Cic. Tusc. 2, 26, 62.—

Transf., of inanimate objects (mostly poet.):

sol currens,

Lucr. 5, 682;

of liquids: amnes in aequora currunt,

Verg. A. 12, 524; id. ib. 1, 607; Ov. M. 8, 597;

Auct. B. Hisp. 29 al.: currente rotā,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 10; id. A. P. 22; Ov. P. 4, 9, 10:

quam (chlamydem) circum Purpura cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 250; cf. Stat. Th. 2, 98:

rubor per ora,

Verg. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

linea per medium,

Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

limes per agrum,

id. 18, 33, 76, § 326; 2, 108, 112, §§

243 and 245: vox currit conchato parietum spatio,

id. 11, 51, 112, § 270:

varius per ora cucurrit Ausonidum turbata fremor,

Verg. A. 11, 296:

carmina dulci modulatione currentia,

Lact. 5, 1, 10;

of the eyes: oculi currentes, huc illucque directi et furiose respicientes,

Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 7, 2, p. 281 Garet.—

Trop.:

non quo multa parum communis littera currat,

not but that they have many letters in common, Lucr. 2, 692:

proclivi currit oratio, venit ad extremum, haeret in salebrā,

runs, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

historia currere debet ac ferri,

Quint. 9, 4, 18:

cum debeant sublimia ingredi, acria currere,

id. 9, 4, 139:

numeri,

id. 9, 4, 31; cf.

rhythmi,

id. 9, 4, 50:

versus incomposito pede,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 1:

sententia,

id. ib. 1, 10, 9:

currit ferox Aetas,

flies away, passes, id. C. 2, 5, 13.—

With acc., to run, traverse (cf. I. b. supra):

eosdem cursus currere,

to adopt the same policy, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

talia saecla, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis Concordes Parcae,

Verg. E. 4, 46 (al. regard saecla as voc.; al. take currite as transitive, produce such ages, cause them to be such, as ye run; cf. Forbig ad loc.).