per-cĭĕo — Lewis & Short
per-cĭĕo, cīvi and ii, ĭtum, 2, and per-cĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.,
I to move or rouse greatly, to stir up, excite.
I In gen.:
irai fax subdita percit,Lucr. 3, 303; 3, 184:
crura hercle defringentur nisi istum verbum saepe unum perciet aureis Omnibus,id. 4, 563.—
II In partic., to attack with words, abuse, or call aloud (by an opprobrious name):
aliquem impudicum percies,Plaut. As. 2, 4, 69 Ussing ad loc.— Hence, percĭtus, a, um, P. a., greatly moved, roused, stimulated, excited.
A Lit.:
amoris causā percitus,Plaut. As. 4, 2, 13:
irā percitus,id. Cas. 3, 5, 6:
atrā bili percita est,id. Am. 2, 2, 95:
incredibili re atque atroci percitus,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 17:
animo irato ac percito aliquid facere,Cic. Mil. 23, 63.—
B Transf., excitable:
ingenium percitum ac ferox,Liv. 21, 53, 8: corpore et linguā percitum, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 704 P. (Hist. 2, 35 Dietsch).