to+excite

to raise, lifet up, elevate/ excite, exalt.

to move violently, disturb, shake / excite, upset.

to move violently, stir up, excite, arouse.

to excite, spur, inspire, increase / hasten, urge on.

to irritate, exasperate, excite.

to excite, agitate, stir up, move.

to stir up, arouse, excite.

ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.

Lit.:

ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

ferrum,

Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

enses,

Ov. M. 15, 776:

gladium,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

sagittas,

id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

fulmen,

Lucr. 6, 278:

dentes,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—

Trop.

First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 97:

linguam causis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—

Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

ad crudelitatem,

Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

illos sat aetas acuet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

curis acuens mortalia corda,

Verg. G. 1, 123:

auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

id. ib. 4, 435:

quam Juno his acuit verbis,

id. A. 7, 330.—

Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

Verg. A. 12, 108:

iram,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

studia,

Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—

In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,

Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

ferrum,

Hor. A. P. 304:

cuspis,

Verg. A. 5, 208:

gladius,

Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

carex,

Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

nasus,

Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

oculi,

of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

aures,

pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

saxa,

id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—

Transf.

Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

Cic. Planc. 66:

nares,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—

Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

hinnitu,

Verg. G. 3, 94:

voces,

id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

stridore,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—

In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

sol,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

radii solis,

Ov. H. 4, 159:

gelu,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

febris,

Cels. 2, 4:

morbus,

id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

acuta belli,

violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—

Fig.

Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

acutae sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

id. Or. 1, 113:

studia,

id. Gen. 50:

conclusiones,

Quint. 2, 20, 5.—

In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

conlecta,

Cic. Deiot. 33:

excogitat,

id. Verr. 4, 147:

respondeo,

id. Cael. 17:

scribo,

id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

cernis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

resonarent,

ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.

Lit.:

ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

ferrum,

Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

enses,

Ov. M. 15, 776:

gladium,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

sagittas,

id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

fulmen,

Lucr. 6, 278:

dentes,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—

Trop.

First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 97:

linguam causis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—

Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

ad crudelitatem,

Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

illos sat aetas acuet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

curis acuens mortalia corda,

Verg. G. 1, 123:

auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

id. ib. 4, 435:

quam Juno his acuit verbis,

id. A. 7, 330.—

Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

Verg. A. 12, 108:

iram,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

studia,

Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—

In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,

Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

ferrum,

Hor. A. P. 304:

cuspis,

Verg. A. 5, 208:

gladius,

Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

carex,

Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

nasus,

Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

oculi,

of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

aures,

pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

saxa,

id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—

Transf.

Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

Cic. Planc. 66:

nares,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—

Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

hinnitu,

Verg. G. 3, 94:

voces,

id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

stridore,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—

In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

sol,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

radii solis,

Ov. H. 4, 159:

gelu,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

febris,

Cels. 2, 4:

morbus,

id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

acuta belli,

violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—

Fig.

Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

acutae sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

id. Or. 1, 113:

studia,

id. Gen. 50:

conclusiones,

Quint. 2, 20, 5.—

In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

conlecta,

Cic. Deiot. 33:

excogitat,

id. Verr. 4, 147:

respondeo,

id. Cael. 17:

scribo,

id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

cernis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

resonarent,

ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

ar-rĭgo ( adr-, Dietsch, Halm; arr-, Fleck., Rib., Weissenb.), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to set up, raise, erect (not used by Cic., but for it he employs erigere).

Lit.:

leo comas arrexit,

Verg. A. 10, 726; so id. ib. 4, 280:

aurīs,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 6; so Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Ov. M. 15, 516; Verg. A. 2, 303 (translatio a pecudibus, Don. ad Ter. l. c.; cf.

opp. demittere aures,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 35):

linguam,

Mart. 11, 62, 10:

tollit se arrectum quadrupes,

Verg. A. 10, 892; so id. ib. 5, 426; 2, 206 et saep.—

Trop., to encourage, animate, rouse, excite:

eos non paulum oratione suā Marius adrexerat,

Sall. J. 84, 4:

cum spes arrectae juvenum,

when hope was aroused, Verg. G. 3, 105:

arrectae stimulis haud mollibus irae,

id. A. 11, 452: Etruria atque omnes reliquiae belli adrectae, are in commotion, are roused, Sall. H. 1, 19, p. 220 Gerl.:

adrectā omni civitate,

excited with wonder, Tac. A. 3, 11.—Esp. freq. arrigere aliquem or animos, to incite, rouse the mind or courage to something, to direct to something (sometimes with ad aliquam rem):

vetus certamen animos adrexit,

Sall. C. 39, 3 Kritz:

sic animis eorum adrectis,

id. J. 68, 4; 86, 1 al.; Liv. 45, 30:

arrexere animos Itali,

Verg. A. 12, 251:

his animum arrecti dictis,

id. ib. 1, 579:

arrecti ad bellandum animi sunt,

Liv. 8, 37 (cf. erigo).—Hence, arrectus ( adr-), a, um, P. a., set upright; hence, steep, precipitous (rare):

pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

Liv. 21, 35 fin.: saxa arrectiora, Sol. c. 14.

ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [ago], as if the supine were agitu; cf.: quaero quaerito.

Lit., to put a thing in motion, to drive or impel (mostly poet., or in more elevated prose; from poetry it passed, after the Aug. per., into common prose).

Of cattle, to drive, conduct (cf. ago):

calcari quadrupedem agitabo advorsum clivom,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 118:

stimulo boves agitat,

Vulg. Eccli. 38, 26:

hanc in curru bijugos agitare leones,

drives her span of lions, Lucr. 2, 602:

agitantur quadrigae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 41 Müll.:

ad flumina currus,

Verg. G. 3, 18:

jussit agitari currum suum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 4: lanigeros greges hirtasque capellas, to drive, poet. for to tend, Verg. G. 3, 287:

sacros jugales (dracones),

Ov. M. 5, 661:

quadrigas bigasque et equos desultorios,

Suet. Caes. 39.—

Of the motion of other things, to move, impel, shake:

triremem in portu,

Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

alas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 21:

manibusque leves agitavit habenas,

id. M. 7, 221:

hastam,

id. ib. 3, 667: caput, to move the head ( in token of assent = annuere), id. ib. 1, 567:

arundinem vento agitatam,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 7.—Esp., of animals, to hunt, chase, pursue: etiamsi excitaturus [p. 72] non sis nec agitaturus feras, Cic. Off. 3, 17:

aquila insectans alias aves atque agitans,

id. Div. 2, 70:

trepidas columbas,

Ov. M. 5, 606; 11, 300:

damas,

id. ib. 10, 539:

cursu timidos onagros,

Verg. G. 3, 409 al. —

Of the motion caused by the wind, to drive to and fro, toss about, agitate, disturb:

ventus enim fit, ubi est agitando percitus aër,

when the air is violently agitated and driven, Lucr. 6, 686:

mare ventorum vi agitari atque turbari,

Cic. Clu. 49 fin.; id. Univ. 3, 7:

freta ponti Incipiunt agitata tumescere,

Verg. G. 1, 357:

aristas,

Ov. A. A. 1, 553:

Zephyris agitata Tempe,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 24:

ventis agitatur pinus,

id. ib. 2, 10, 9:

veteres agitantur orni,

id. ib. 1, 9, 12:

agitaret aura capillos,

id. Epod. 15, 9.—

Of the motion caused by the water: agitata numina Trojae, tossed or driven about upon the sea, Verg. A. 6, 68; Prop. 3, 21, 5.—

In gen., of the motion caused by other things:

magnes (lapis) agitat (ferri ramenta) per aes,

Lucr. 6, 1054:

agitari inter se concursu,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39: pulsu externo agitari, Macr Somn. Scip. 9.— Poet. of mist, to produce it by motion or agitation: dejectuque (Peneus) gravi tenues agitantia fumos Nubila conducit, and by its impetuous descent (into the valley) raises clouds producing mist, Ov. M. 1, 571—

Trop.

To rouse up, excite, move, urge, drive, impel one to something: aliquem, sometimes in aliquid (so in Florus very freq.):

in furias agitantur equae,

are excited to fury, Ov. A. A. 2, 487:

agitare plebem,

to stir up, rouse, Liv. 3, 11:

populum,

Flor. 2, 12, 2; so id. 11, 6, 2 al.:

agitatus cupiditate regni,

id. 3, 1:

gens sacratis legibus agitata in exitium urbis,

id. 1, 16, 7.—

To disquiet, disturb, to drive hither and thither, to vex, trouble, torment (the fig. taken from the sea agitated by storm; cf. Gernh. and Beier upon Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82):

dii deaeque te agitant irati,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 115:

atra bilis agitat hominem,

id. Capt. 3, 4, 64; so id. Curc. 1, 1, 92; 2, 1, 24:

ut eos agitent furiae, neque usquam consistere patiantur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24 (cf. Verg. A. 3, 331:

scelerum furiis agitatus Orestes,

id. ib. 4, 471):

suum quemque scelus agitat amentiaque afficit,

id. ib. 24:

agitare et insequi poëtas,

Tac. Or. 4; 25 and 41:

multis injuriis jactata atque agita ta,

Cic. Quint. 2:

est magni viri, rebus agitatis (= perturbatis, Beier) punire sontes,

id. Off. 1, 24, 82:

agitabatur animus inopiā rei familiaris et conscientiā scelerum,

Sall. C. 5, 7:

quos conscientia defectionis agitabat,

Tac. Agr. 16:

commotus metu atque libidine diversus agitabatur,

was drawn in different directions, Sall. J 25, 6; Liv. 22, 12. ne te semper inops agitet vexetque cupido, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 98:

quos agitabat timor,

Tac. Agr. 16:

timore et metu agitati,

Vulg. Judith, 15, 1:

injuriis agitatus,

Flor. 1, 8, 7:

seditionibus,

Just. 12, 4, 12.—

To assail with reproach, derision, insult; to reprove, blame, scoff, deride, insult, mock:

agitat rem militarem, insectatur totam legationem,

attacks, ridicules, Cic. Mur. 9, 21; id. Brut. 28, 109: mea saevis agitat fastidia verbis, Hor Epod. 12, 13; without verbis:

agitant expertia frugis,

id. A. P. 341:

vesanum poëtam agitant pueri,

id. ib. 456.—

In gen., to drive or urge on a thing, to accomplish or do, to drive at, to be employed in, be engaged in, to have, hold, keep, to celebrate; v. ago, II. D. (in the historians, esp. Sallust, very freq.):

Haec ego non agitem?

should I not drive at? Juv. 1, 52:

vigilias,

to keep, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 27; so,

custodiam,

id. Rud. 3, 6, 20; so Tac. A. 11, 18:

hoc agitemus convivium vino et sermone suavi,

let us celebrate, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 7:

Dionysia,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 11; so id. Hec. 1, 2, 18:

convivia,

Ov. M. 7, 431; Suet. Claud. 32 festa gaudia, Sil. 15, 423:

meum natalem,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 1, 16;

so festos dies,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63:

jocos,

Ov. M. 3, 319:

agraria lex a Flavio tribuno plebis vehementer agitabatur,

was powerfully urged, supportcd, Cic. Att. 1, 19:

quae cum praecepta parentis mei agitarem,

was striving to comply with, Sall. J. 14, 2 (modestius dictum pro:

studere, ut agerem, Cort.): laeti pacem agitabamus,

were at peace, enjoyed the delights of peace, id. ib. 14, 10:

dicit se missum a consule venisse quaesitum ab eo, pacem an bellum agitaturus foret,

id. ib. 109, 2:

quoniam deditionis morā induciae agitabantur,

there was a truce, id. ib. 29, 4; id. C. 24, 2.— Poet.:

ceu primas agitant acies, certamina miscent,

as if they formed the front rank, Sil. 9, 330.—Hence of time, esp. life, to pass, spend (cf. ago, II. D 5.):

vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur,

Sall. C. 2, 1:

agitare aevum,

Verg. G. 4, 154; id. A. 10, 235:

festos dies,

Tac. H. 3, 78.—In Sall., Tac., Flor., et al., agitare absol., to live, dwell, abide, sojourn, be:

hi propius mare Africum agitabant,

Sall. J 18, 9; cf id. ib. 19, 5; id. Fragm. H. 3, 11; so id. J. 54, 2; 59, 1; 94, 4:

laeti Germant agitabant,

Tac. A. 1, 50:

secretus agitat,

id. ib. 11, 21:

montium editis sine cultu atque eo ferocius agitabant,

id. ib. 4, 46; Flor. 4, 12, 48.—

Of the mind: agitare aliquid or de aliquā re (in corde, in mente, animo, cum animo, secum, etc.), to drive at a thing in the mind, i. e. to turn over, revolve, to weigh, consider, meditate upon, and with the idea of action to be performed or a conclusion to be made, to deliberate upon, to devise, contrive, plot, to be occupied with, to design, intend, etc.: id ego semper mecum sic agito et comparo, Att ap. Non. 256, 20:

quom eam rem in corde agito,

Plaut. Truc 2, 5, 3:

id agitans mecum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 10; so Sall. J. 113, 3:

habet nihil aliud quod agitet in mente,

Cic. N. D. 1, 41:

est tuum sic agitare animo, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 6, 1:

quae omnes animo agitabant,

Tac. A. 6, 9:

provincias secretis imaginationibus agitans,

id. ib. 15, 36 in animo bellum, Liv 21, 2; Vell. 1, 16; Quint. 12, 2, 28.—With inf., as object:

ut mente agitaret bellum renovare,

Nep. Ham. 1, 4.— Poet.:

aliquid jamdudum invadere magnum Mens agitat mihi,

Verg. A 9, 187. —Sometimes also without mente, animo, and the like, agitare aliquid, in the same signif:

quodsi ille hoc unum agitare coeperit, esse, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 96:

rem a me saepe deliberatam et multum agitatam requiris,

id. Ac. 1, 2: oratori omnia quaesita, disputata, tractata, agitata ( well considered or weighed) esse debent, id. de Or. 3, 14:

fugam,

Verg. A. 2, 640.—So esp. freq. in Tac.:

Britanni agitare inter se mala servitutis, Agr 15: bellum adversus patrem agitare,

id. H. 4, 86, id. A. 1, 5; 1, 12.—With de:

de bello,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

agitanti de Claudio,

id. A. 6, 46:

de tempore ac loco caedis agitabant,

id. ib. 15, 50; 1, 12; id. H. 4, 59.—With num:

agitavere, num Messalinam depellerent amore Silli,

Tac. A. 11, 29; id. H. 1, 19.— With - ne:

agitavere placeretne, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 1.—With an:

an Artaxata pergeret, agitavit,

Tac. A. 13, 41 —With quomodo, Tac. A. 2, 12.—With ut (of purpose):

ut Neronem pudor caperet, insita spe agitari,

Tac. A. 16, 26.—

To treat or speak of or concerning a thing, to confer about, deliberate upon. Romae per omnīs locos et conventus de facto consulis agitart ( impers., for agitabatur), discussions were had, Sall. J 30, 1;

cum de foedere victor agitaret,

Liv. 9, 5; 30, 3.—

Sat agitare, with gen., in Plaut., = sat agere, to have enough to do, to have trouble with: nunc agitas sat tute tuarum rerum, Bacch. 4, 3, 23.

ămārĭco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [amarus], to make bitter (eccl. Lat.).

Lit.:

(liber) faciet amaricari ventrem tuum,

Vulg. Apoc. 10, 9; 10, 10.—

Trop., to excite, to irritate:

ecce repulsi sunt, qui amaricant,

Aug. Enn. in Psa. 65, n. 15.

armo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [arma].

A.. Lit., to furnish with weapons, to arm, equip, aliquem or aliquem aliquā re:

cum in pace multitudinem hominum coëgerit, armārit, instruxerit,

Cic. Caecin. 12:

milites armari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

ut quemque casus armaverat, sparos aut lanceas portabant,

Sall. C. 56, 3:

copias,

id. J. 13, 2:

agrestīsque manus armat sparus,

Verg. A. 11, 682:

quos e gente suorum armet,

Ov. M. 14, 464; 12, 614: milites iis armis armare, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12:

nunc tela, nunc saxa, quibus eos adfatim locus ipse armabat, etc.,

Liv. 9, 35:

se spoliis,

Verg. A. 2, 395:

manus ense,

Val. Fl. 2, 182:

aliquem facibus,

Flor. 3, 12, 13:

apes aculeis,

Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 46; so,

aliquid aliquā re: ferrum armare veneno,

Verg. A. 9, 773:

calamos veneno,

id. ib. 10, 140:

pontum vinclis,

Manil. 5, 657 al. —Followed by in, contra, adversus:

egentes in locupletes, perditi in bonos, servi in dominos armabantur,

Cic. Planc. 35; id. Mil. 25; id. Att. 8, 3, 3:

delecta juventus contra Milonis impetum armata est,

id. Mil. 25; for adversus, v. infra. —That for which one is armed, with in or ad:

unanimos armare in proelia fratres,

Verg. A. 7, 335:

armate viros ad pugnam,

Vulg. Num. 31, 3.—

Trop.

To arm, equip, furnish:

temeritatem concitatae multitudinis auctoritate publicā armare,

Cic. Mil. 1:

cogitavit, quibus accusatorem rebus armaret,

id. Clu. 67: te ad omnia summum ingenium armavit, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

Pompeium senatūs auctoritas, Caesarem militum armavit fiducia,

Vell. 2, 49:

ferae gentes non telis magis quam suo caelo, suo sidere armantur,

Plin. Pan. 12, 3:

sese eloquentiā,

Cic. Inv. 1, 1:

se imprudentiā alicujus,

Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

irā,

Ov. M. 13, 544:

eā cogitatione armamini,

Vulg. 1 Pet. 4, 1:

Archilochum proprio rabies armavit iambo,

Hor. A. P. 79:

nugis armatus,

armed with nonsense, id. Ep. 1, 18, 16:

armata dolis mens,

Sil. 1, 183; cf. id. 11, 6; 15, 682.—

To excite, stir up, rouse, provoke; constr. with adversus, ad or in:

(Hannibal) regem armavit et exercuit adversus Romanos,

Nep. Hann. 10, 1:

aliquem ad omnia armare,

Cic. Fam. 6, 7:

Claudii sententia consules armabat in tribunos,

Liv. 4, 6; so id. 3, 57:

Quid vos in fata parentis Armat?

Ov. M. 7, 347:

mixtus dolor et pudor armat in hostes,

Verg. A. 10, 398:

in exitium rei publicae,

Flor. 3, 12, 13; 4, 2, 1.—

To furnish with something needful, esp. with the munitions of war, to fit out, equip:

ea, quae sunt usui ad armandas naves, ex Hispaniā adportari jubet,

Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

muri propugnaculis armabantur,

Liv. 30, 9: Claudius triremes quadriremesque [p. 164] et undeviginti hominum milia armavit, Tac. A. 12, 56.—Hence, armātus, a, um, P. a., armed, equipped, fitted with armor (opp. inermis, togatus, q. v.); also subst.: armātus, i, m., an armed man, a solier, = miles.

Adj.

Lit.:

armatos, si Latine loqui volumus, quos appellare vere possumus? opinor eos, qui scutis telisque parati ornatique sunt,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 60: cum animatus iero satis armatus sum, Att. ap. Non. p. 233, 18;

p. 495, 23: armati pergemus,

Vulg. Num. 32, 32; ib. Judith, 9, 6: ab dracontis stirpe armatā exortus, Att. ap. Non. p. 426, 2:

armata manus,

Lucr. 2, 629; so id. 2, 636; 2, 640; 5, 1297; cf. id. 5, 1292:

saepe ipsa plebes armata a patribus secessit,

Sall. C. 33, 4:

contra injurias armatus ire,

id. J. 31, 6:

facibus armatus,

Liv. 5, 7:

armatus falce,

Tib. 1, 4, 8:

classes armatae,

Verg. G. 1, 255:

armatus cornu,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 128.—

Meton.:

armati anni,

i. e. years spent in war, Sil. 11, 591.— Trop.: excitati, erecti, armati animis, armed, furnished, etc., Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26.—In the sup. only twice, and referring to the pos. armatus in connection with it ( comp. and adv. never used), Cic. Caecin. 21, 61 (v. the passage in its connection):

tam tibi par sum quam multis armatissimis nudi aut leviter armati,

Sen. Ben. 5, 4.—

Subst.: gravidus armatis equus (sc. Trojanus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 97 Müll.): armatos educere, id. ap. Non. p. 355, 16:

navem triremem armatis ornat,

Nep. Dion, 9, 2:

decem milia armatorum,

id. Milt. 5, 1; so Vulg. Exod. 38, 25:

armatis in litora expositis,

Liv. 37, 28; 42, 51; 9, 24; Suet. Caes. 30.

ar-rĭgo ( adr-, Dietsch, Halm; arr-, Fleck., Rib., Weissenb.), rexi, rectum, 3, v. a. [rego], to set up, raise, erect (not used by Cic., but for it he employs erigere).

Lit.:

leo comas arrexit,

Verg. A. 10, 726; so id. ib. 4, 280:

aurīs,

Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 6; so Ter. And. 5, 4, 30; Ov. M. 15, 516; Verg. A. 2, 303 (translatio a pecudibus, Don. ad Ter. l. c.; cf.

opp. demittere aures,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 35):

linguam,

Mart. 11, 62, 10:

tollit se arrectum quadrupes,

Verg. A. 10, 892; so id. ib. 5, 426; 2, 206 et saep.—

Trop., to encourage, animate, rouse, excite:

eos non paulum oratione suā Marius adrexerat,

Sall. J. 84, 4:

cum spes arrectae juvenum,

when hope was aroused, Verg. G. 3, 105:

arrectae stimulis haud mollibus irae,

id. A. 11, 452: Etruria atque omnes reliquiae belli adrectae, are in commotion, are roused, Sall. H. 1, 19, p. 220 Gerl.:

adrectā omni civitate,

excited with wonder, Tac. A. 3, 11.—Esp. freq. arrigere aliquem or animos, to incite, rouse the mind or courage to something, to direct to something (sometimes with ad aliquam rem):

vetus certamen animos adrexit,

Sall. C. 39, 3 Kritz:

sic animis eorum adrectis,

id. J. 68, 4; 86, 1 al.; Liv. 45, 30:

arrexere animos Itali,

Verg. A. 12, 251:

his animum arrecti dictis,

id. ib. 1, 579:

arrecti ad bellandum animi sunt,

Liv. 8, 37 (cf. erigo).—Hence, arrectus ( adr-), a, um, P. a., set upright; hence, steep, precipitous (rare):

pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

Liv. 21, 35 fin.: saxa arrectiora, Sol. c. 14.

aspĕro ( aspro, Sid. Ep. 4, 8; id. Carm. 2, 418), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [asper], to make rough, uneven.

A.. Lit. (very freq. in the poets and Tac., but not found in Cic.):

asserculi asperantur, ne sint advolantibus lubrici,

Col. 8, 3, 6:

tum enim (apes) propter laborem asperantur ac macescunt,

become rough, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

cum torpent apes, nec caloribus asperantur,

Pall. 7, 7, 2:

(vinum myrtites) limum dysentericae passionis medicabiliter asperare, i. e. excrementa solidiora reddere,

id. 3, 31, 2:

Et glacialis hiemps aquilonibus asperat undas,

throws into commotion, Verg. A. 3, 285; so Luc. 8, 195; Val. Fl. 2, 435: Minervae pectus asperare hydris, Prud. peri steph. 14, 275.—

Transf., to furnish with a rough, wounding exterior (cf. 1. asper, I.):

sagittas inopiā ferri ossibus asperant,

to point, Tac. G. 46.—Hence, also, to whet, to sharpen:

pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

abruptaque saxa asperat,

Luc. 6, 801 (cf. id. 7, 139: nisi cautibus asper Exarsit mucro, and exaspero).—

Trop., to make fierce, to rouse up, excite, exasperate:

indomitos praeceps discordia fratres asperat,

Stat. Th. 1, 137:

hunc quoque asperavere carmina in saevitiam,

Tac. A. 1, 72 fin.; 3, 12:

ubi asperatum Vitellium satis patuit iis, qui etc.,

id. H. 3, 38:

ne lenire neve asperare crimina videretur,

to make more severe, to aggravate, heighten, id. A. 2, 29:

iram victoris,

id. H. 2, 48.

aspĕro ( aspro, Sid. Ep. 4, 8; id. Carm. 2, 418), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [asper], to make rough, uneven.

A.. Lit. (very freq. in the poets and Tac., but not found in Cic.):

asserculi asperantur, ne sint advolantibus lubrici,

Col. 8, 3, 6:

tum enim (apes) propter laborem asperantur ac macescunt,

become rough, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

cum torpent apes, nec caloribus asperantur,

Pall. 7, 7, 2:

(vinum myrtites) limum dysentericae passionis medicabiliter asperare, i. e. excrementa solidiora reddere,

id. 3, 31, 2:

Et glacialis hiemps aquilonibus asperat undas,

throws into commotion, Verg. A. 3, 285; so Luc. 8, 195; Val. Fl. 2, 435: Minervae pectus asperare hydris, Prud. peri steph. 14, 275.—

Transf., to furnish with a rough, wounding exterior (cf. 1. asper, I.):

sagittas inopiā ferri ossibus asperant,

to point, Tac. G. 46.—Hence, also, to whet, to sharpen:

pugionem vetustate obtusum asperari saxo jussit,

Tac. A. 15, 54:

abruptaque saxa asperat,

Luc. 6, 801 (cf. id. 7, 139: nisi cautibus asper Exarsit mucro, and exaspero).—

Trop., to make fierce, to rouse up, excite, exasperate:

indomitos praeceps discordia fratres asperat,

Stat. Th. 1, 137:

hunc quoque asperavere carmina in saevitiam,

Tac. A. 1, 72 fin.; 3, 12:

ubi asperatum Vitellium satis patuit iis, qui etc.,

id. H. 3, 38:

ne lenire neve asperare crimina videretur,

to make more severe, to aggravate, heighten, id. A. 2, 29:

iram victoris,

id. H. 2, 48.

bīlis, is (abl. bili, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 95; Lucr. 4, 664; Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11;

bile,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 4; Petr. 124, 2; Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49; Suet. Tib. 59; Pers. 2, 14; Juv. 13, 143; Inscr. Grut. 1040, 3), f. [kindr. with galbus, gilbus; Germ. gelb].

Lit., bile (the bilious fluid secreted by the liver, jecur, while fel is the vessel in which the fluid is contained): rufa, viridis, nigra, Ceis. 7, 18; Lucr. 4, 664; Cato, R. R. 156, 4; Cic. [p. 238] N. D. 2, 55, 137; id. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

bilem pellere,

Plin. 23, 8, 74, § 142:

trahere,

id. 27, 4, 10, § 27:

detrahere,

id. 27, 12, 93, § 119.— In plur. biles, the yellow and black bile, Plin. 20, 9, 34, § 84:

purgare,

Scrib. Comp. 136 (cf. poet.:

purgor bilem,

Hor. A. P. 302). —

Esp.: bilis suffusa, the overflowing of bile, i.e. the jaundice, Plin. 22, 21, 26, § 54 (in Sen. Ep. 95, 16, called subfusio luridae bilis).—And so, bile suffusus, having the jaundice, jaundiced, Plin. 22, 20, 23, § 49.—

Trop.

Anger, wrath, choler, ire, displeasure, indignation (v. jecur):

non placet mihi cena, quae bilem movet,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 8; so Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 20:

bilem alicui commovere,

to stir up, excite, Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2:

bile tumet jecur,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 4:

meum jecur urere bilis,

id. S. 1, 9, 66:

bilis inaestuat praecordiis,

id. Epod. 11, 16:

jussit quod splendida bilis,

id. S. 2, 3, 141:

expulit bilem meraco,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 137:

bilem effundere,

to vent, Juv. 5, 159:

turgescit vitrea bilis,

Pers. 3, 8:

cui sententiae tantum bilis, tantum amaritudinis inest, ut, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 2: videte metuendam inimici et hostis bilem et licentiam, Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 4, 4 B. and K.—

Atra (or nigra) bilis, black bile, for melancholy, sadness, dejection, melancholia, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11: bilem atram generantes, quos melancholikous vocant, Scrib. Comp. 104.—Also as in Gr., = furor, rage, fury, madness: Am. Delirat uxor. So. Atra bili percita est, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 95; id. Capt. 3, 4, 64:

bilis nigra curanda est, et ipsa furoris causa removenda,

Sen. Ep. 94, 17.

călĕ-făcĭo, or contr. calfăcĭo (as calidus = caldus, calidarius = caldarius, etc.), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. (in the time of Quint. the contracted form seems to have been the prevailing one, v. Quint. 1, 6, 21; also Charis. p. 220 P. gives as pass. calfio. In the poets usage varies according to the demands of the verse;

e. g., cālfācìt,

Ov. F. 4, 698;

cālfăcienda,

id. A. A. 2, 214;

cālfācti,

id. Ib. 48, and călĕfēcit, Lucr. 6, 687;

călēfacta,

Verg. A. 12, 66; 12, 269 al. In prose writers—e. g. Quint. 5, 10, 58—the best MSS. vary between the two forms. — Imperat. calface, Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2.— Pass. regularly calefio;

once by a solecism calefacientur,

Vitr. 5, 10; cf.

concalefaciuntur,

id. 4, 7) [caleo-facio].

Lit., to make warm or hot, to warm, heat: ventus ubi percaluit calefecitque omnia, *Lucr. 6, 687:

dolium calfacito,

Cato, R. R. 69, 2:

ad calefaciendum corpus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151:

igne focum,

Ov. F. 4, 698.— Pass.:

calamistris calefactis,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 129 Müll.:

abi intro ac jube huic aquam calefieri,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 48:

calefieri jussi reliquias,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 25:

fauces calefiunt,

Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21:

balineum calfieri jubebo,

Cic. Att. 2, 3, 3:

Algenti manus est calfacienda sinu,

Ov. A. A. 2, 214:

ovum cum porri suco calefactum,

Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 47:

ora calefacta,

Verg. A. 12, 66.—

Trop.

In colloquial lang., to trouble, vex:

calface hominem,

Cic. Fam. 16, 18, 2: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4:

Gabinium calefecerat Memmius,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 1.—

Poet., of the passions, to heat, to rouse up, excite:

calefacta corda tumultu,

Verg. A. 12, 269; Ov. Ib. 48:

vino calefacta Venus,

Claud. B. Gild. 182.—

To pursue something with zeal:

forum aleatorium calfecimus,

Suet. Aug. 71 Ruhnk.

capto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [capio].

Prop., to strive to seize, lay hold of a thing with zeal, longing, etc., to catch at, snatch, chase, etc.:

(syn. aucupor, venor): Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68; so id. ib. 1, 2, 108; Ov. M. 3, 432; 10, 42; cf.:

aquam hianti ore,

Curt. 4, 16, 12; and:

imbrem ore hianti,

id. 4, 7, 14:

laqueo volucres, harundine pisces,

Tib. 2, 6, 23; Verg. G. 1, 139; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Ov. M. 8, 217; cf.:

(meretrices) occurrebant amatoribus: Eos captabant,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 31:

muscas,

Suet. Dom. 3:

modo cervicem, modo crura,

Ov. M. 9, 37:

collum,

id. ib. 3, 428:

patulis naribus auras,

Verg. G. 1, 376; Ov. M. 7, 557; 4, 72:

plumas ore,

id. ib. 8, 198:

umbras et frigora,

Verg. E. 2, 8; cf. id. ib. 1, 53:

auribus aëra,

to catch the breeze, id. A. 3, 514:

captata Hesperie,

watched, sought for, Ov. M. 11, 768.—

Figuratively.

In gen., to strive after, long for, desire earnestly, try or seek to obtain (syn.: consector, appeto, aucupor;

class.): sermonem,

to watch, listen to, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 8; cf. Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 29:

sonitum aure admota,

Liv. 38, 7, 8;

solitudines,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63:

quid consili,

to adopt, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 91; Ter. And. 1, 1, 143; 2, 4, 1:

assensiones alicujus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 31, 51:

plausus,

to covet, id. Pis. 25, 60:

misericordiam,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86; id. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

voluptatem,

id. Fin. 1, 7, 24 (opp. praeterire):

risus,

to provoke, strive to excite, id. Tusc. 2, 7, 17; Quint. 6, 3, 26; Phaedr. 1, 29, 1:

favorem,

Quint. 6, 1, 25; Suet. Tib. 57: nomen imperatorium, D. Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 4:

incerta pro certis,

Sall. C. 20, 2; cf.:

nubes et inania,

Hor. A. P. 230:

libertatis auram,

Liv. 3, 37, 1; cf.:

auram incertae famae,

Curt. 4, 5, 8:

occasionem,

to watch for, Liv. 38, 44, 3; Suet. Caes. 7:

tempus rei,

Quint. 4, 2, 70; Liv. 4, 36, 3:

tempestates,

id. 5, 6, 4:

brevitatem,

Quint. 10, 1, 32:

elegantiam actoris,

id. 11, 3, 184:

leporem propositionum ac partitionum,

id. 11, 1, 53:

solas sententias multas,

id. 8, 5, 30:

auctoritatem contemptu ceterorum,

id. 12, 3, 12; 9, 2, 98; cf. id. 11, 3, 142:

vox non captata, sed velut oblata,

id. 9, 3, 73. —With inf. as object:

prendique et prendere captans,

Ov. M. 10, 58:

laedere aliquem,

Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:

opprimere,

id. 5, 3, 2:

acquirere voluptates,

Col. 8, 11, 1.—

With a clause as object: cum, an marem editura esset variis captaret (i. e. magno studio quaereret) ominibus,

Suet. Tib. 14.—

In partic.

(Acc. to capio, II. 2.) To seek to catch or take one in a crafty manner, to lie in wait for, seek to entrap, to entice, allure (constr. quem, quod, quem cujus rei, cum quo, inter se, or absol.):

magnum hoc vitium vino'st: Pedes captat primum, luctator dolosu'st,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 6; cf.

captatio: quā viā te captent, eādem ipsos capi?

Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16:

tu si me impudicitiae captas, capere non potes,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189; 1, 1, 266; 2, 2, 163; id. Men. 4, 2, 83:

astutemihi captandum'st cum illoc,

id. Most. 5, 1, 21:

quid ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum tacentem irretiat te an loquentem?

Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 94:

est quiddam quod suā vi nos adliciat ad sese, non emolumento captans aliquo, sed trahens suā dignitate,

id. Inv. 2, 52, 157:

hostem insidiis,

Liv. 2, 50, 3:

inter se,

id. 44, 24, 8; 44, 25, 12: verba ( to interpret sophistically; cf. captio), Dig. 10, 4, 19.— Absol.: contra est eundum cautim et captandum mihi, Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 12; p. 512, 50: in colloquiis insidiari [p. 289] et captare, Liv. 32, 33, 11 ( = captionibus uti, studere fallere).—Hence,

A standing expression, to practise legacy - hunting, to hunt for legacies (aliquem or aliquod):

testamenta senum,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 23; cf.

hereditatem,

Dig. 29, 6, 1:

homines,

Petr. 116, 6; Mart. 6, 63; Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 7; 4, 2, 2; Juv. 16, 56 al.; cf. captator and captatorius.—

To take up, begin, of discourse:

ubi captato sermone diuque loquendo ad nomen venere Jovis,

Ov. M. 3, 279.