(verb) : īcĭo and īco), īci, ictum (forms in use, only
* Pres. icit, iciunt, icere; perf. icit, icisse; pluperf. iceram, iceras; fut. perf. icero; pass. pres. icitur, icimur; perf. ictus est; and part. ictus, a, um; pres. ĭco, Prisc. 886 P.; but īcit,Lucr. 3, 160; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 50; pres. icio, Gell. 4, 17, 8; Prisc. 877 P.), 3, Gr. ἰπ-, ἴπτομαι, to injure; ἴψ, a worm; ἴκρια, scaffolding; cf. Ἴκαρος, ἐν-ιπή, to strike, hit, smite, stab, sting (cf.: ferio, percutio, verbero, pulso).
* Lit. (rare but class.).
* In gen.: exim corpus propellit et icit,Lucr. 3, 160: unde icimur ictu,id. 4, 1050: femur,Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 42: caput telis (musca),Cat. 116, 4: vidulum fuscinā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 124, 1: cum Ptolemaeus in proelio telo venenato ictus esset,Cic. Div. 2, 66, 135; cf.: lapide ictus,Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 2: ibi in turba ictus Remus, cecidit,Liv. 1, 7, 2: velut ictus ab Hercule Cacus,Juv. 5, 125.
* Trop.
* With a homogeneous object: Icere colaphum, to give a box on the ear: hei, colaphum icit,Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65.
* In partic., icere foedus, like ferire and percutere foedus (v. ferio and percutio, I. B. fin.), to make a covenant or league: foedus, quod meo sanguine in pactione provinciarum iceras, frangere noluisti,Cic. Pis. 12, 28: cum Gaditanis foedus icisse dicitur,id. Balb. 15, 34; Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.: orsi a foedere quod nobiscum icerant,Tac. 12, 62
* (Perh. not ante - Aug.) Desideriis icta fidelibus Quaerit patria Caesarem, smitten, tormented, Hor. C. 4, 5, 15: novā re consules icti,disturbed,Liv. 27, 9, 8; cf. id. 34, 17, 5: conscientiā ictus,id. 33, 28, 1: metu icta,id. 1, 16 et saep.: haud secus quam pestifero sidere icti pavebant,panic - stricken,id. 8, 9, 12: domestico vulnere ictus,by family affliction,Tac. Agr. 29: si existunt, qui magnitudinem multum ultra se positam non icturi appetant,reach, attain,Sen. Const. Sap. 3 med.
* Poet.: saltat Milonius, ut semel icto Accessit fervor capiti numerusque lucernis,i. e. smitten with wine, tipsy,Hor. S. 2, 1, 25.

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