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concĭtātĭo , ōnis, f. concito, lit.,
I.a hastening, quick movement: “remorum,” Liv. 44, 28, 10.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., an exciting or rousing up; esp., of the passions, an emotion of mind, affection, passion (in good prose; “most freq. in Cic. and Quint.): sapientem ab omni concitatione animi, quam perturbationem voco, semper vacare,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48; cf.: “concitationes vehementiores animi,” id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 39: “quaedam animi,” id. Div. 1, 18, 34: “animorum (i. e. ira),” Liv. 9, 7, 10: “mentis,” Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; and absol., Quint. 1, 11, 12; 2, 8, 11; 7, 4, 31; 10, 1, 114; “11, 3, 146 (opp. misericordia),” id. 1, 10, 25.—
B. Concr., a sedition, a tumult: “plebei contra patres concitatione et seditione nuntiatā,” Cic. Brut. 14, 56; cf. “crebrae (multitudinis),” Caes. B. C. 3, 106 fin.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 7
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.106
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 28
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.18
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.11
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 10.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 11.12
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 8.11
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 4.31
    • Cicero, Brutus, 14.56
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