lăcesso — Lewis & Short
lăcesso, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3 (
I inf. pass. lacessiri, Col. 9, 8, 3; 9, 15, 4; Ambros. Ep. 6, 1:
lacessi,Liv. 31, 18, 4 al.; Lact. 5, 2, 2:
lacessientium,Liv. 27, 12, 13:
lacessiebant,id. 23, 46, 11), v. a. lacio; v. Roby, 1, § 625, to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, irritate (syn.: irrito, provoco).
I Lit.:
aliquem ferro,Cic. Mil. 31, 84:
sponsione me homo promtus lacessivit,id. Pis. 23, 55:
tu ultro me maledictis lacessisti,id. Phil. 2, 1, 1:
me amabis et scripto aliquo lacesses,by writing, force me to write in return, id. Fam. 12, 20:
vetus si poeta non lacessisset prior,Ter. Phorm. prol. 14:
hostes proelio,i. e. to attack, assail, Caes. B. G. 4, 11:
aliquem bello,id. ib. 6, 5:
Aeduos injuriā,id. ib. 1, 35:
nos te nulla lacessiimus injuria,Cic. Fam. 11, 3, 1:
Saguntini nec lacessentes nec lacessiti,Liv. 21, 11:
aliquos lacessiturus bello,id. 28, 28; Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 23:
quorum alter relictus, alter lacessitus,id. ib. 2, 4:
quid tam necessarium quam tenere semper arma, quibus ... to ulcisci lacessitus,id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
ne rudis agminum sponsus lacessat leonem,Hor. C. 3, 2, 11:
Caesar neque cedentes tanto collis ascensu lacessendos judicabat,Hirt. B. G. 8, 14:
aliquem capitaliter,to make a deadly attack upon one, Plin. Ep. 1, 5:
(corpora) quae feriunt oculorum acies visumque lacessunt,to strike, meet, Lucr. 4, 217; 691; cf. id. 4, 597:
nares odor lacessit,id. 4, 691:
fores nondum reserati carceris acer nunc pede nunc ipsa fronte lacessit Equus,Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30.—Poet.:
aëra Sole lacessita ( = percussa radiis solis),struck with the sunbeams' glitter, Verg. A. 7, 527; cf.
vindemia pluviisque aut ventis lacessita,Col. 3, 21, 5.—
II Transf., in gen.
A To urge, arouse, excite, stimulate, shake, move:
a quo non modo impulsi sumus ad philosophas scriptiones, verum Etiam lacessiti,Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 121:
ad scribendum,id. Att. 1, 13, 1:
ad pugnam,Liv. 2, 45 init.:
usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, et certatim haec omnis imitatio lacessivit,Macr. S. 7, 13, 11: aurigae manibusque lacessunt Pectora plausa cavis, pat them on their breasts (in order to animate them), Verg. A. 12, 85:
pugnam,id. ib. 5, 429:
bella,id. ib. 11, 254:
ne quemquam voce lacessas,id. E. 3, 51:
his se stimulis dolor ipse lacessit,Luc. 2, 42:
Nilus spuma astra lacessit,id. 10, 320:
taurus lacessit campum,Stat. Th. 12, 604:
clamore sidera,Sil. 17, 387:
deos (precibus),to assail, importune, Hor. C. 2, 18, 12:
pelagus carinā,to stir, chafe, id. ib. 1, 35, 7.—
B To call forth, arouse, produce:
sermones,Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 7:
ferrum,Verg. A. 10, 10.