(v. a.P. a.adv.adv.) : cĭĕo, cīvi, cĭtum, 2 (from the primitive form cĭo, cīre, prevailing in the compounds accio, excio, etc. (cf. Prisc. pp. 865, 905, and 908 P.), are also found:
* Pres. cio, Mart. 4, 90, 4: cit,Verg. Cul. 201; Col. 6, 5, 1 Schneid.: cimus,Lucr. 1, 213; 5, 211: ciunt,Lact. Ep. 4 dub.: ciant,App. Flor. 2, n. 17, p. 358; Mart. Cap. 1, § 91: ciuntur, id. de Mundo, 22, p. 67), v. a. kindr. with κίω, to go; and by the addition of the causative signif. like κινέω, causative from κίω; v. 1. ci..
* Lit., to put in motion; hence, to move, stir, shake (syn.: moveo, commoveo, concito, excito al.; class. in prose and poetry): calcem,to make a move in the game of chess,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 86: natura omnia ciens et agitans,Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27: inanimum est omne, quod pulsu agitatur externo; quod autem est animal, id motu cietur interiore et suo,id. Tusc. 1, 23, 54 (for which, in the same chapter, several times movere; cf. also id. N. D. 2, 9, 23): remos,Stat. Th. 6, 801: imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo,stirs up,Verg. A. 2, 419: puppes sinistrorsum citae,Hor. Epod. 9, 20.
* In judic. lang. t. t.: ciere erctum (lit. to put in motion, i. e.),to divide the inheritance,Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237; cf. erctum.
* With reference to the terminus ad quem, to move, excite, or call to (poet. or in Aug. and post-Aug. prose for the common accire): ad sese aliquem,Cat. 68, 88: ad arma,Liv. 5, 47, 4; Sil. 7, 43: in pugnam,id. 4, 272: armatos ad pugnam,Vell. 2, 6, 6: aere ciere viros,Verg. A. 6, 165: quos e proximis coloniis ejus rei fama civerat,Tac. A. 15, 33: aliquem in aliquem,id. H. 1, 84, 5: ab ultimis subsidiis cietur miles (sc. in primam aciem),Liv. 9, 39, 8: ille cieri Narcissum postulat,Tac. A. 11, 30.
* To call upon for help, to invoke; of invoking superior beings: nocturnos manes,Verg. A. 4, 490: luctificam Alecto dirarum ab sede sororum,id. ib. 7, 325: vipereasque ciet Stygiā de valle sorores (i. e. Furias),Ov. M. 6, 662: numina nota ciens,Val. Fl. 4, 549: foedera et deos,Liv. 22, 14, 7.
* To put any course of action in progress or any passion in motion, i. e. to excite, stimulate, rouse, to produce, effect, cause, occasion, begin (very freq., esp. in poetry): solis uti varios cursus lunaeque meatus Noscere possemus quae vis et causa cierent,Lucr. 5, 773: motus,id. 3, 379; Cic. Tusc. 1, 10, 20: varias voces,Lucr. 5, 1059: lamenta virum commoliri atque ciere,id. 6, 242 Lachm. N. cr.: tinnitus aere,Cat. 64, 262; Verg. G. 4, 64 (cie tinnitus): singultus ore,Cat. 64, 131: gemitus,Verg. G. 3, 517: fletus,id. A. 3, 344: lacrimas,id. ib. 6, 468: mugitus,id. ib. 12, 103: murmur,id. G. 1, 110; Liv. 9, 7, 3: bellum,id. 5, 37, 2; Vell. 2, 54; Tac. H. 3, 41 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 541: belli simulacra,id. ib. 5, 674: seditiones,Liv. 4, 52, 2: tumultum,id. 28, 17, 16; 41, 24, 18: vires intimas molemque belli,Tac. A. 15, 2 fin.; cf. id. H. 3, 1: pugnam,Liv. 1, 12, 2; 2, 47, 1; 9, 22, 7; Tac. A. 3, 41: proelium,Liv. 2, 19, 10; 4, 33, 3; 7, 33, 12; 10, 28, 8: Martem,Verg. A. 9, 766: acies, stragem,id. ib. 6, 829; cf. Liv. 22, 39, 7: rixam,Vell. 1, 2 al.
* In a civil sense: patrem, to name one's father, i. e. show one's free birth, Liv. 10, 8, 10.
* In medic.: alvum,to cause evacuation,Plin. 20, 9, 38, § 96: urinam,id. 27, 7, 28, § 48: menses,to cause menstruation,id. 26, 15, 90, § 151 sq. al.—Hence, cĭtus, a, um, P. a., lit. put in motion; hence, quick, swift, rapid (opp. tardus, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216; Sall. C. 15, 5; class.; esp. freq. in poetry; rare in Cic.): ad scribendum citus,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 86: quod jubeat citis quadrigis citius properet persequi,id. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Verg. A. 8, 642: bigae,Cat. 55, 26: puppis,id. 64, 6; Tib. 4, 1, 69: classis,Hor. C. 1, 37, 24: navis,Ov. M. 15, 732; Tac. A. 2, 6: axis,Ov. M. 2, 75: fugae,id. ib. 1, 543: plantae,id. ib. 10, 591: incessus,Sall. C. 15, 5: via,Liv. 33, 48, 1: venator,Hor. C. 1, 37, 18: cum militibus,Tac. A. 11, 1: legionibus,id. ib. 14, 26: agmine,id. ib. 1, 63; 4, 25: cohortes,id. ib. 12, 31: mors,Hor. C. 2, 16, 29; id. S. 1, 1, 8: pes, i. e. iambus,id. A. P. 252.—Comp.: nullam ego rem citiorem apud homines esse quam famam reor, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 1.—Sup., Quint. 6, 4, 14 dub.; v. Spald. and Zumpt in h. l.
* In the poets very freq. (also a few times in Tac.) instead of the adv. cito: citi ad aedis venimus Circae, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. topper, p. 352, 6 Müll.: equites parent citi,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 88; id. Stich. 2, 2, 70; Lucr. 1, 386: somnus fugiens citus abiit,Cat. 63, 42: solvite vela citi, Verg, A. 4, 574; cf. id. ib. 9, 37; 12, 425; Hor. S. 1, 10, 92; cf. id. C. 3, 7, 27: ite citi,Ov. M. 3, 562; Tac. H. 2, 40: si citi advenissent,id. A. 12, 12.—Hence
* Cĭto, adv.
* Quickly, speedily, soon (freq. in prose and poetry of all periods): quam tarda es! non vis citius progredi?Phaedr. 3, 6, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 44: eloquere,id. Cist. 4, 2, 83: abi cito et suspende te,Ter. And. 1, 5, 20; 3, 1, 16: labascit victus uno verbo: quam cito!id. Eun. 1, 2, 98: quod eum negasti, qui non cito quid didicisset, umquam omnino posse perdiscere,Cic. de Or. 3, 36, 146; cf. Hor. A. P. 335; Quint. 12, 8, 3; 11, 2, 2; 10, 6, 2: non multum praestant sed cito,id. 1, 3, 4 et saep.: sat cito si sat bene, a moral saying of Cato in Hier. Ep. 66, n. 9: cito rumpes arcum, semper si tensum habueris,Phaedr. 3, 14, 10: ad paenitendum properat cito qui judicat, Publ. Syr. Sent. 6: scribere,Quint. 10, 3, 10: nimis cito diligere,Cic. Lael. 21, 78: cito absolvere, tarde condemnare,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 26.—Comp.: citius,Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 14; Pers. 3, 3, 31; Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 23; Lucr. 1, 557; 2, 34; Cic. Sen. 2, 4: Noto citius, Verg.A.5, 242 et saep.: dicto,Hor. S. 2, 2, 80; Verg. A. 1, 142: supremā die, i. e. ante supremam diem,Hor. C. 1, 13, 20: serius aut citius sedem properamus ad unam (for which serius ocius,id. ib. 2, 3, 26), sooner or later, Ov. M. 10, 33.— Sup.: citissime,Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. al.
* Cĭtē, quickly, Scrib. Comp. 198.
* Sometimes in comp. without the negative, = potius, sooner, rather: ut citius diceres, etc.,Cic. Brut. 67, 238 fin.: citius dixerim, jactasse se aliquos, etc.,id. Phil. 2, 11, 25; id. Fam. 5, 2, 10; id. Off. 1, 18, 59; Hor. S. 2, 5, 35.—*

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