ex-ăgĭto — Lewis & Short
ex-ăgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.,
I to drive out of its position or place; to stir up, rouse up, disturb.
I Lit. (very seldom):
ut quicquid faecis subsederit exagitet, et in summum reducat,Col. 12, 19, 4:
vis (venti) exagitata foras erumpitur,Lucr. 6, 583. —Poet.:
lustra ferarum Venatu,to disturb, Sil. 16, 553:
lepus hic aliis exagitandus erit,to rouse, start, Ov. A. A. 3, 662; cf. Petr. 131, 7.—
II Trop., to rouse up (qs. like a wild beast), to disquiet, harass, persecute, disturb, torment.
A In gen.:
insectandis exagitandisque nummariis judicibus,Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8; cf. Prop. 2, 8, 19:
permulti sedes suas patrias, istius injuriis exagitati, reliquerant,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 18:
ab Suevis complures annos exagitati bello premebantur et agricultura prohibebantur,Caes. B. G. 4, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 29 fin.:
at omnes di exagitent me, si, etc.,Hor. S. 2, 6, 54; cf. Ov. F. 5, 141:
exagitari verberibus Furiarum,Suet. Ner. 34:
quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat,Sall. C. 14, 3:
senatus vulgi rumoribus exagitatus,id. ib. 29, 1:
rem publicam seditionibus,id. ib. 51, 32.—
B In partic.
1 To scold, rail at, to attack violently, to censure, criticise, satirize, rally (cf.: objurgo, improbo, increpo, vitupero, calumnior, reprehendo;
peto, incuso, etc.): hi omnes convicio L. Lentuli consulis correpti exagitabantur,Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 4:
cum etiam Demosthenes exagitetur ut putidus,Cic. Or. 8 fin.; cf. Suet. Aug. 86:
inventi sunt, qui hanc dicendi exercitationem exagitarent atque contemnerent,Cic. de Or. 3, 16:
in rebus palam a consularibus exagitatis et in summam invidiam adductis,id. Fam. 1, 1 fin.; cf. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3:
exagitabantur omnes ejus fraudes atque fallaciae,Cic. Clu. 36, 101; cf. id. Sull. 21:
quod apud Lucilium scite exagitat in Albucio Scaevola, quam lepide lexeis compostae, etc.,id. Or. 44, 149.—
2 To stir up, irritate, excite:
coepere (tribuni) senatum criminando plebem exagitare,Sall. C. 38, 1; cf.
vulgum,id. J. 73, 5.—In a good sense:
hujus disputationibus et exagitatus maxime orator est et adjutus,incited, urged onwards, Cic. Or. 3, 12.—Of abstract objects:
in tali tempore tanta vis hominis leniunda quam exagitanda videbatur,Sall. C. 48, 5; Tac. A. 4, 12.—
b Transf., to stir up, excite the passions themselves: ne et meum maerorem exagitem et te in eundem luctum vocem, Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2;
tristes curas,Luc. 8, 44:
furores immiti corde,Cat. 64, 94.