ex-cĭo — Lewis & Short
ex-cĭo, īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap.
Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.:I
excītus,Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.;
also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies,Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175):
exciet,Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13:
excibant,Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio;
and for excita,Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).
I Lit.:
auxilia e Germania Britanniaque excivit segniter,Tac. H. 2, 97:
consulem ab urbe,Liv. 3, 2:
homines sedibus,id. 32, 13:
sellularii exciti (ad militiam) dicuntur,id. 8, 20 init.:
animas imis sepulcris,Verg. E. 8, 98:
suem latebris,Ov. M. 10, 711:
Urgulaniam domo principis,Tac. A. 4, 21:
quid est quod me excivisti ante aedes?Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 1; so,
aliquem foras,id. Trin. 5, 2, 52:
hostem ad dimicandum acie,Liv. 2, 30:
Volscos ad expugnandam secum Ardeam,id. 4, 9, 11:
auxilia,id. 45, 4, 3:
juventutem Celtiberorum,id. 28, 24, 4; cf.:
in pugnam,Luc. 6, 12:
in arma,Stat. Th. 4, 146:
in proelia,Luc. 7, 361:
principibus coloniae Romam excitis,Liv. 3, 4, 5.—Absol.:
exciente buccina Tritone,Suet. Claud. 21 fin.—
B Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce:
semina per artus,Lucr. 4, 1215:
lacrimas alicui,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2:
crepitum,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16:
sonitum pedibus,Lucr. 2, 327:
molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis,Verg. A. 5, 790:
vim morbi,Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.—
II Trop.
A To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one:
sopore,Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf.
also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit,Liv. 4, 27, 6:
somno excitus,Sall. J. 72 fin.:
Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti,id. ib. 99, 2:
inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus,Liv. 36, 7:
excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc.,Tac. A. 1, 51:
qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias,Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7:
ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat,id. ib. 15, 4:
Evander concursu pastorum, excitus,Liv. 1, 7, 9:
Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant,Tac. Agr. 29.—Poet.:
pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus,frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.—
B To stir up, excite any passion (very rare):
terrorem,Liv. 10, 4; cf.
tumultum,id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.