excĭto — Lewis & Short
excĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.excio,
I to call out or forth, to bring or send out, to wake or rouse up (freq. and class.; cf.: provoco, evoco; irrito, lacesso, invito).
I Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscura umbra, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:
aliquem a portu,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 10:
aliquem huc foras,id. Rud. 1, 5, 2:
si excitatus fuerit de spectaculis,turned out, expelled, Quint. 3, 6, 19:
dormientes spectatores e somno,to wake up, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 48; cf.:
quaeso, ne me e somno excitetis,Cic. Rep. 6, 12:
velut dormitantes eos excitari,Quint. 4, 1, 73:
patre excitato (opp. dormiente),id. 4, 2, 72:
scuto offenso excitatus vigil,Liv. 7, 36, 2:
aliquem ab inferis,to summon up, Cic. Font. 12, 26; id. Cat. 2, 10, 20; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129:
aliquem a mortuis,id. de Or. 1, 57, 245:
non dubitavit excitare reum consularem,to call upon to stand up, to call up, id. ib. 2, 28, 124:
reos,id. ib. 2, 47, 195; Quint. 11, 3, 174; cf. Liv. 9, 8, 3:
testes,Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 47: judicem, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104 et saep.: feras, to rouse or scare up, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68:
cervum nemorosis latibulis,Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.—Prov.:
aliis leporem,Petr. 1, 31, 7.—
B Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, to raise, erect:
vapores, qui a sole ex aquis excitantur,Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118:
caput altius,Cels. 8, 4 med.—
2 In partic., with the accessory notion of making, forming, to raise, erect, build, construct:
exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius, quam, etc. ... nec e lapide excitari amplius,Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68:
turres,Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 2; id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:
tumulum alicui,Suet. Claud. 1:
aedificium,Sen. Ep. 52:
urbem,Flor. 1, 1:
nova sarmenta cultura excitantur,are produced, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88:
pascua in novalibus,Pall. Nov. 13, 3:
ignem,to kindle up, excite, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Lucr. 6, 308:
incendium,Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3:
invalidas flammas admoto fomite,Luc. 8, 776.—Poet. transf.:
aras,Verg. G. 4, 549:
foculum bucca,Juv. 3, 262:
siser stomachum,Plin. 20, 5, 17, § 34:
uvae os, stomachum,id. 23, 1, 7, § 12.
II Trop.
A In gen., to raise up, comfort; to arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven:
qui ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscerem,erected, established, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1; cf.:
amici jacentem animum excitare,id. Lael. 16, 59; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 16, 8; and:
animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium,id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5:
animos omnium ad laetitiam,Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3:
aliquem ad laborem et ad laudem,Cic. Planc. 24, 59; cf. id. Top. 2, 5:
languentem labentemque populum ad decus,id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:
aliquem ad bellum,Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3:
aliquem ad virtutem,id. ib. 6, 14, 5:
aliquem ad audiendum,Quint. 4, 1, 34:
gallos alacritate ad canendum,Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 et saep.:
alicujus memoriam alicui excitans,reviving, renewing, Cic. Or. 10, 35:
hominum studia ad utilitates nostras allicere atque excitare,id. Off. 2, 6, 20:
hominum studia,Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1:
salsum excitat et a taedio defendit orationem,enlivens, Quint. 6, 3, 19:
fictiones personarum mire orationem excitant,id. 9, 2, 29; cf. id. 6, 1, 2:
hi soni cum augenda intentione excitandi (opp. temperandi),to sharpen, pronounce strongly, id. 11, 3, 42:
syllabam acutam,id. 12, 10, 33. —
B In partic.
1 To appeal to, call upon, cite:
ut nos ex annalium monimentis testis excitamus eos, etc.,Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67:
multos testis liberalitatis tuae,id. Rab. Post. 17, 47.—
2 With the accessory idea of producing (acc. to I. B. 2.), to found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle:
priusquam docuero, quibus initiis ac fundamentis hae tantae summis in rebus laudes excitatae sint,Cic. Sest. 2, 5; cf. id. Fin. 4, 7, 18:
in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare,id. de Or. 1, 46, 202:
risus,id. Phil. 3, 9, 21:
plausum,id. Sest. 58, 124:
fletum etiam inimicis,id. ib. 57, 121:
amores,id. Off. 1, 5, 14:
iras,Verg. A. 2, 594:
suspicionem alicui,Cic. Sest. 18, 41: varios sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2:
quantas tragoedias,Cic. Mil. 7, 18:
vim ac dolorem bonorum omnium,id. Planc. 18, 45 et saep. —Hence, excĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (lit. excited, kindled; hence), animated, lively, vigorous, vehement, strong, loud (rare but class.):
acutus et excitatus sonus,Cic. Rep. 6, 18.—Comp.:
clamor,Liv. 4, 37, 9:
haec lumina,Quint. 12, 10, 49:
schema,id. 9, 3, 10.—Sup.:
odor,Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182. —Adv.: excĭtāte, vigorously, briskly, brightly, vehemently.—In the comp.:
fulgent gemmae,Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106:
clamitantes,Amm. 18, 8.