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cieō cīvī, citus, ēre

1 CI-, to cause to go, move, stir, drive: natura omnia ciens et agitans: animal motu cietur suo: imo aequora fundo, stirs up, V : alquos e municipiis, Ta.: puppes sinistrorsum citae, H.—In law: ciere erctum, to divide the inheritance.—Fig., to put in motion, rouse, disturb: aurae cient (mare), L.: tonitru caelum omne ciebo, V.To call by name, name, call, invoke. magnā supremum voce ciemus, i. e. utter the last invocation to the Manes, V.: numina, O.: triumphum nomine, i. e. to call Io triumphe! L.: patrem, i. e. show one's free birth, L.To summon, rouse, stir, call. ad arma, L.: aere viros, V.: ad sese alqm, Ct.: ille cieri Narcissum postulat, Ta.To call upon for help, invoke, appeal to: nocturnos manes, V.: vipereas sorores, the Furies, O.: foedera et deos, L.To excite, stimulate, rouse, enliven, produce, cause, occasion, begin: motūs: tinnitūs aere, Ct.: fletūs, V.: murmur, V.: pugnam, L.: pugnam impigre, Ta.: bellum, L.: belli simulacra, V.: tumultum, L.: Martem, V.

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