(v. freq. a.P. a.P. a.adv.) : concĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.concieo
* To move violently, to put in violent or quick motion, to stir up, rouse up, excite, incite, shake.
* Prop. (thus most freq. in the poets and histt.): artus,Lucr. 3, 292; 3, 301: equum calcaribus,Liv. 2, 6, 8; cf.: equum in aliquem,Nep. Pelop. 5, 4: concitant equos permittuntque in hostem,Liv. 3, 61, 8: equos adversos,id. 8, 7, 9; cf. also under P. a.: naves quantā maximā celeritate poterat,id. 36, 44, 4; cf.: classem concitatam remis,id. 30, 25, 8; 37, 11, 10: navem remis,Curt. 4, 3, 2: in alteram (navem) quinqueremis eadem concitata,id. 4, 4, 7: agmen,Ov. M. 14, 239: omne nemus,id. F. 1, 436: feras,id. ib. 2, 286: tela,Liv. 34, 39, 3: eversas Eurus aquas,Ov. H. 7, 42; cf.: mare aeriore vento,Curt. 4, 3, 17: graves pluvias,Ov. F. 2, 72: se in hostem,Liv. 8, 39, 7; cf.: se in Teucros alis (Alecto),Verg. A. 7, 476: se in fugam,to take to flight,Liv. 22, 17, 6; cf.: se fugā in aliquem locum,Val. Fl. 3, 383.
* Trop. (class. and very freq. in prose and poetry).
* Aliquem, to rouse, urge, impel one to any act, feeling, etc., to move strongly, to influence, stir up, instigate, etc.; constr. with acc. pers. and ad, in, adversus, the inf. and absol.
* With ad and a subst., gerund, or gerundive: concitari ad studium cognoscendae percipiendaeque virtutis,Cic. de Or. 1, 47, 204; cf.: concitatus ad philosophiam studio,id. Brut. 89, 306: judicem ad fortiter judicandum,Quint. 6, 1, 20: victum ad depellendam ignominiam,id. 1, 2, 24: nos ad quaerendum,id. 10, 2, 5: omnem Galliam ad nostrum auxilium,Caes. B. G. 7, 77: multitudinem ad arma,id. ib. 7, 42 fin.; cf.: cessantes ad arma, * Hor. C. 1, 35, 16: colonias ad audendum aliquid, Suet. Caes. 8: ad convicia,id. Tib. 54: ad despiciendam vitam,id. Oth. 10.
* Aliquid, to rouse, excite, cause, occasion, produce any action, passion, evil, etc.: bellum,Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 6; Hirt. B. G. 8, 22; Nep. Ham. 4, 3; Liv. 5, 5, 11; Flor. 4, 5, 1 al.; cf.: bellum Romanis,Liv. 35, 12, 18: quantas turbas mihi,Sall. H. 3, 61, 11 Dietsch; cf.: quantam pugnam mihi,Quint. 10, 1, 105: lacrimas totius populi Romani,id. 11, 3, : misericordiam populi,Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 227: odium (just before, commovere odium),id. Inv. 1, 54, 105; cf. id. ib. 1, 53, 100: invidiam in te ex illis rebus,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 8, § 21: invidiam, odium, iram,Quint. 6, 1, 14: iram (opp. lenire),id. 3, 8, 12: risum,Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235: seditionem ac discordiam,id. Mur. 39, 83: tumultum,Caes. B. C. 3, 18; Liv. 38, 33, 7: aspera iambis maxime concitantur,Quint. 9, 4, 136: error vanis concitatus imaginibus,Val. Max. 9, 9 init.: morbos,Cels. 2, 13: pituitam,id. 6, 6, 15: somnum,Plin. 20, 17, 73, § 189.—Hence, concĭtātus, a, um, P. a.
* (Acc. to I.) Violently moved, i. e. rapid, swift, quick: equo concitato ad hostem vehitur,at full speed,Nep. Dat. 4 fin. (more freq. citato equo; v. 2. cito, P. a.): quam concitatissimos equos immittere jubet,Liv. 35, 5, 8: conversio caeli concitatior,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; so, cursu,Liv. 35, 29, 6: concitatissimus corporis motus,Quint. 2, 11, 4.
* (Acc. to II.) Roused up, excited, vehement, ardent (freq. in Quint.): testimonia non concitatae contionis sed jurati senatūs,Cic. Fl. 7, 17: (in comoediis pater) interim concitatus, interim lenis est,Quint. 11, 3, 74: adfectus (opp. mites atque compositi),id. 6, 2, 9; cf. opp. flebiles,id. 11, 3, 162: animus an remissus,id. 3, 9, 7: causae,id. 11, 1, 3: oratio,id. 3, 8, 58 and 60: sententiae,id. 12, 9, 3; 10, 1, 44: erectā et concitatā voce (opp. summissā atque contractā),id. 11, 3, 175: Lucanus ardens et concitatus,id. 10, 1, 91.—Comp.: concitatior accidens clamor,Liv. 10, 5, 2; Quint. 2, 15, 28; 8, 3, 14.—Hence, concĭtātē, adv. (not in Cic.).
* (Acc. to 1.) Quickly, rapidly: agitur pecus,Col. 6, 6, 4.
* (Acc. to 2.) Impetuously, ardently (most freq. in Quint.): dicere,Quint. 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 23; 11, 3, 23; 12, 10, 71: itur,id. 11, 3, 133.—Comp.: dicere,Quint. 1, 8, 1; 3, 8, 68; 9, 4, 130: movere adfectus,id. 12, 10, 26.— *Sup.: raperet ventus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 26.

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