I.“concit,” Lucr. 6, 410: “concibant,” Tac. H. 5, 19: “conciret,” id. A. 11, 19: “concirent,” id. ib. 3, 38 fin.: “concire,” id. ib. 3, 40; “12, 15: conciri,” Liv. 25, 27, 9: “concīta,” Lucr. 2, 267; Val. Fl. 2, 460; Luc. 5, 597; cf. cieo and the other compounds), v. a., to urge, bring, or assemble together, by exciting or rousing, to collect: “cum perturbatione commovere,” Non. p. 90, 7 (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. per., esp. in Lucr. and Tac.; in Quint. and in Hor. perh. only once in part. perf.; v. under II. A.; not in Cic.).
I. Prop.: populum, Pac. ap. Non. p. 90, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 141 Rib.); cf.: “homines miraculo rei novae,” Liv. 1, 59, 3: “exercitum ex totā insulā,” id. 25, 27, 9: “multitudinem ad se,” id. 1, 8, 5: “ad arma,” Vell. 2, 74: “donis auxilia concibant,” Tac. H. 5, 19: “remotos populos,” id. A. 3, 38: “propiores Gallos,” id. ib. 3, 40: “nunc concienda plebs,” Liv. 4, 55, 3 al.—
b. Of inanim. and abstr. objects, to move violently, to shake, stir up: “cur (Juppiter) tenebras et fremitus et murmura concit?” Lucr. 6, 410: “quendam aestum,” id. 6, 826: “concitus imbribus amnis,” Ov. M. 3, 79; cf.: “(verba) quae mare turbatum, quae concita flumina sistant,” id. ib. 7, 154: “navis concita,” id. ib. 4, 706: “murali concita Tormento saxa,” Verg. A. 12, 921: “mors concita ob cruciatus,” hastened, Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 23 (Sillig, conscita): “fulmina et tonitrus,” Sil. 12, 611.—
II. Trop.
A. To rouse, excite, stir up, provoke: “hostem,” Tac. A. 11, 19; cf.: “Mela accusatorem concivit Fabium,” id. ib. 16, 17.—Esp. in part. perf.: “immani concitus irā,” Verg. A. 9, 694; cf. Ov. M. 7, 413: “Aonio concita Baccha deo,” id. A. A. 1, 312; cf.: pulso Thyias concita tympano, * Hor. C. 3, 15, 10: “divino concita motu,” inspired, Ov. M. 6, 158; cf. id. ib. 3, 711: “mater (corresp. with male sana),” id. ib. 4, 519: (mater) fraude aliquorum concita (sc. in filium), * Quint. 11, 1, 65; cf.: “concita dea,” enraged, Sil. 2, 543: “conciti per largitionem veterani,” Tac. A. 1, 10.—
B. To excite, produce, cause action, passion, disquiet, evil, etc. (the flg. taken from the agitated sea; cf. strages, Att. ap. Non. p. 90, 9; Trag. Rel. v. 399 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 36, and id. Trin. 2, 3, 8): “uxori turbas,” Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 14; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 17: “tantum mali,” Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 4; Afran. ap. Non. p. 90, 10: “hanc iram,” Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 33: “seditionem,” Tac. A. 14, 17: “varios motus animorum,” id. H. 1, 4 et saep.