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ex-cĭo , īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.:
I.excītus,Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.; “also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies,Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175): “exciet,Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13: “excibant,Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio; “and for excita,Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).
B. Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce: “semina per artus,Lucr. 4, 1215: “lacrimas alicui,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2: “crepitum,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16: “sonitum pedibus,Lucr. 2, 327: “molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis,Verg. A. 5, 790: “vim morbi,Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.—
II. Trop.
A. To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one: “sopore,Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf. “also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit,Liv. 4, 27, 6: “somno excitus,Sall. J. 72 fin.: “Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti,id. ib. 99, 2: “inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus,Liv. 36, 7: “excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 51: “qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias,Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7: “ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat,id. ib. 15, 4: “Evander concursu pastorum, excitus,Liv. 1, 7, 9: “Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant,Tac. Agr. 29.—Poet.: “pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus,frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.—
B. To stir up, excite any passion (very rare): “terrorem,Liv. 10, 4; cf. “tumultum,id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.
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