I.to spring out, spring forth, to break forth, appear quickly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).
A. Lit.: “emicat ex oculis, spirat quoque pectore flamma,” Ov. M. 8, 356: “flamma ex monte,” Plin. 2, 88, 89, § 203: “multi calami ex una radice,” id. 27, 8, 40, § 62: “dracones de extis,” id. 11, 37, 77, § 197: “fulgura ab omni parte caeli,” Curt. 8, 4: corpore sanguis (so Lachm.; “Munro, e corpore),” Lucr. 2, 195: “uterque pronus carcere,” Ov. M. 10, 652: “scaturigines,” Liv. 44, 33: “cruor alte,” Ov. M. 4, 121: “sanguis per foramen,” id. ib. 9, 130: “scintillae inter fumum,” Quint. 8, 5, 29: “sol super terras,” Val. Fl. 4, 96; cf. “dies,” id. 1, 655: “telum nervo,” Ov. M. 5, 67; cf.: “saxa tormento,” Liv. 44, 10: hostem rati, emicant, sine discrimine insultant, rush forth, Flor. 1, 18, 4 et saep.: “(sanguis) in illam partem,” Lucr. 4, 1050: “juvenum manus emicat ardens in litus,” Verg. A. 6, 5; cf.: “in currum,” id. ib. 12, 327: “Nisus ante omnia corpora,” id. ib. 5, 319: “sanguis in altum,” Ov. M. 6, 260: “rami in excelsum,” Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23 al.; cf. comically: cor coepit in pectus emicare, to leap, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4.—
2. Transf., to stretch forth, project: “scopulus alto gurgite,” Ov. M. 9, 225.—
B. Trop., to be prominent or conspicuous, to become apparent: “inter quae verbum emicuit si forte decorum,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 73: “Agrippinae is pavor, ea consternatio mentis emicuit, ut, etc.,” Tac. A. 13, 16.—Esp. of good qualities, etc.: “quos et magnitudine animi et claritate rerum longe emicuisse,” to have shone forth, Curt. 7, 6, 20: “egregia virtus Scaevae centurionis emicuit,” Flor. 4, 2, 40; cf.: “inter ceteros Themistoclis gloria emicuit,” Just. 2, 9, 15.
