ē-mĭco — Lewis & Short
ē-mĭco, cŭi (cf. cātum, 1, v. n.,
Quint. 1, 6, 17),I to spring out, spring forth, to break forth, appear quickly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).
A Lit.:
emicat ex oculis, spirat quoque pectore flamma,Ov. M. 8, 356:
flamma ex monte,Plin. 2, 88, 89, § 203:
multi calami ex una radice,id. 27, 8, 40, § 62:
dracones de extis,id. 11, 37, 77, § 197:
fulgura ab omni parte caeli,Curt. 8, 4: corpore sanguis (so Lachm.;
Munro, e corpore),Lucr. 2, 195:
uterque pronus carcere,Ov. M. 10, 652:
scaturigines,Liv. 44, 33:
cruor alte,Ov. M. 4, 121:
sanguis per foramen,id. ib. 9, 130:
scintillae inter fumum,Quint. 8, 5, 29:
sol super terras,Val. Fl. 4, 96; cf.
dies,id. 1, 655:
telum nervo,Ov. M. 5, 67; cf.:
saxa tormento,Liv. 44, 10: hostem rati, emicant, sine discrimine insultant, rush forth, Flor. 1, 18, 4 et saep.:
(sanguis) in illam partem,Lucr. 4, 1050:
juvenum manus emicat ardens in litus,Verg. A. 6, 5; cf.:
in currum,id. ib. 12, 327:
Nisus ante omnia corpora,id. ib. 5, 319:
sanguis in altum,Ov. M. 6, 260:
rami in excelsum,Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23 al.; cf. comically: cor coepit in pectus emicare, to leap, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4.—
2 Transf., to stretch forth, project:
scopulus alto gurgite,Ov. M. 9, 225.—
B Trop., to be prominent or conspicuous, to become apparent:
inter quae verbum emicuit si forte decorum,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 73:
Agrippinae is pavor, ea consternatio mentis emicuit, ut, etc.,Tac. A. 13, 16.—Esp. of good qualities, etc.:
quos et magnitudine animi et claritate rerum longe emicuisse,to have shone forth, Curt. 7, 6, 20:
egregia virtus Scaevae centurionis emicuit,Flor. 4, 2, 40; cf.:
inter ceteros Themistoclis gloria emicuit,Just. 2, 9, 15.