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incĭtus , a, um, adj. 2. in-citus, unmoved; hence, of a chessman that cannot be moved,
I.immovable: “(calculi) qui moveri omnino non possunt, incitos dicunt. Unde et egentes homines inciti vocantur, quibus spes ultra procedendi nulla restat,Isid. Orig. 18, 67.—As substt.
1. incĭtae , ārum (sc. calces), f., and
2. incĭta , ōrum, n. Used only in the ante- and post-class. authors in the transf. phrase, ad incita or ad incitas aliquem redigere, deducere, redire, etc., to bring to a stand-still, reduce to extremity: Sy. Profecto ad incitas lenonem rediget, si eas abduxerit. Mi. Quin prius disperibit faxo, quam unam calcem civerit, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85: “ut ad incitast redactus,id. Trin. 2, 4, 136 Brix: vilicum corrupit, ad incita redegit, Lucil. ap. Non. 123, 27: “illud ad incita cum redit atque internecionem,id. ib. 25: “Epirotae ad incitas intolerandi tributi mole depressi,Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Jul. 9.
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    • Plautus, Trinummus, 2.4
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