excitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.
excio,
to call out, summon forth, bring out, wake, rouse
: me e somno: sopitum mero regem, Cu.:
scuto offenso excitatus vigil, L.: reum consularem,
summon
: testīs ab inferis: cervum latibulis, Ph.—
To raise, stir up
: (vapores) a sole ex aquis excitantur: ventus
harenam humo excitavit, S.—
To raise, erect, build, construct, produce, kindle
: vetat sepulcrum e lapide excitari: aras,
V.: nova sarmenta culturā excitantur,
are produced
: ignem, Cs.: sopitas
ignibus aras (i. e. ignīs sopitos in aris),
V.—Fig.,
to raise up, comfort, arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven,
inspire
: iacentem animum: animos ad laetitiam: Gallos ad
bellum, Cs.: studia ad utilitates nostras: sonus
excitat omnis Suspensum,
startles
, V.: hoc maxime ad virtutem excitari
putant,
the strongest incentive to virtue
, Cs.—
To appeal to, call upon, cite
: ex annalium monimentis testīs: multos
testīs liberalitatis tuae.—
To found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle
: quantum mali ex eā re, T.:
quibus fundamentis hae tantae laudes excitatae sint:
risūs: iras, V.
