1. ictus — Lewis & Short
ictus, a, um,
Part., from ico.The corpus record — Latin
ictus2
ictus2
Part., from ico
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Where it lives
- Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
- Panegyricus de quarto consulatu Honorii Augusti 3 · 7.57/10k
- de raptu Proserpinae 5 · 7.17/10k
- Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
- De Rerum Natura 31 · 6.36/10k
- Otho 1 · 6.34/10k
- Punica 47 · 6.16/10k
- Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 4 · 5.88/10k
- Peristephanon Liber 10 · 5.69/10k
- Psychomachia 3 · 5/10k
- Phoenissae 2 · 4.89/10k
- Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Densest 12 of 140 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. ictus — Lewis & Short
ictus, ūs (
I gen. sing. icti, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17), m. ico, a blow, stroke, stab, thrust, bite, sting (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
a bestiis ictus, morsus, impetus,Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19:
pro ictu gladiatoris,id. Mil. 24, 65:
neque ictu comminus neque conjectione telorum,id. Caecin. 15, 43:
scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis,Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
non caecis ictibus procul ex improviso vulnerabantur,Liv. 34, 14, 11:
ictu scorpionis exanimato altero,Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3:
prope funeratus Arboris ictu,Hor. C. 3, 8, 8:
ictus moenium cum terribili sonitu editi,Liv. 38, 5, 3:
apri,Ov. M. 8, 362; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7:
serpentum,Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14:
Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum,a striking, playing on the lyre, Hor. C. 4, 6, 36:
alae,the stroke of a wing, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:
pennarum,id. 6, 12, 13, § 32:
Phaethon ictu fulminis deflagravit,a stroke of lightning, lightning, Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94:
fulmineus,Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618.—Poet., of the beating rays of the sun:
tum spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus,Hor. C. 2, 15, 10:
solis,Ov. M. 3, 183; 6, 49:
Phoebei,id. ib. 5, 389 (al. ignes):
Phoebi,Luc. 7, 214:
longe Ejaculatur aquas atque ictibus aëra rumpit,with jets of water, Ov. M. 4, 124: saxaque cum saxis et habentem semina flammae Materiem jactant, ea concipit ictibus ignem, by their blows, i. e. collision, id. ib. 15, 348.—
B In partic.
1 In prosody or in music, a beating time, a beat:
et pedum et digitorum ictu intervalla signant,Quint. 9, 4, 51:
modulantium pedum,Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209:
unde etiam trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet ictus Primus ad extremum similis sibi,Hor. A. P. 253.—
2 A beat of the pulse:
ictus creber aut languidus,Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—
3 In mal. part.:
multorum,Juv. 6, 126.—
II Trop., a stroke, blow, attack, shot, etc.:
sublata erat de foro fides, non ictu aliquo novae calamitatis, sed suspicione, etc.,Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:
nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum,id. Fin. 2, 10, 32:
sub ictu nostro positum,i. e. in our power, Sen. Ben. 2, 29; cf.:
stare sub ictu Fortunae,Luc. 5, 729:
tua innocentia sub ictu est,i. e. in imminent danger, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 9 fin.; cf. the opposite: Deum extra ictum sua divinitas posuit, beyond shot, i. e. out of danger, id. Ben. 1, 7:
eodem ictu temporis,i. e. moment, Gell. 14, 1, 27; cf.:
singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere,by separate attacks, Tac. H. 2, 38:
quae (legiones) si amnem Araxen ponte transgrederentur, sub ictum dabantur,would have come to close quarters, id. A. 13, 39 fin.; cf.:
laetis ostentat ad Urbem Per campos superesse vim, Romamque sub ictu,near at hand, before the eyes, Sil. 4, 42.—
B (Cf. icio, II. A.) Ictus foederis, the conclusion of a treaty, Luc. 5, 372; Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.
In the wild
- ictu Silius Italicus, Punica 10.99
- ictum Seneca, De Providentia 1.2.6
- ictibus Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 2.136
- ictum Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 p34
- ictibus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 4.25.3
- ictu Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 5.32
6 of 710 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ictus (scan pp. 329-330; entry #5208).
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