ulciscor, ultus, 3
* V. inch. dep. [etym. dub.].
* To avenge one's self on, take vengeance on, or punish for wrong done (very freq. and class.; cf.: vindico, punio, persequor).
* With a personal object: ego pol illum ulciscar hodie Thessalum veneficum, Qui, etc.,Plaut. Am. 4, 5, 9: ego illum fame, ego illum Siti, maledictis, malefactis, amatorem Ulciscar,id. Cas. 2, 1, 10: inimicos,id. Trin. 3, 1, 18: aliquem pro scelere,Caes. B. G. 1, 14: ulciscendi Romanos pro iis, quas acceperant, injuriis occasio,id. ib. 5, 38: odi hominem et odero: utinam ulcisci possem! sed illum ulciscentur mores sui,Cic. Att. 9, 12, 2: numquam illum res publica suo jure esset ulta,id. Mil. 33, 88: quos ego non tam ulcisci studeo, quam sanare,id. Cat. 2, 8, 17: quos intellegis non, ut per te alium, sed ut per alium aliquem te ipsum ulciscantur, laborare,id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 22: victos acerbius,Sall. J. 42, 4: Alphesiboea suos ulta est pro conjuge fratres,Prop. 1, 15, 15 (19): ulta pellicem,Hor. Epod. 3, 13; 5, 63; cf.: inimici ulciscendi causā,Cic. Inv. 2, 5, 18: ejus casūs, quem ulciscitur,Quint. 6, 1, 18.—Absol.: has tris ulciscendi rationes Taurus scriptas reliquit,Gell. 7, 14, 5.
* Transf., with the person to whom wrong has been done as the object, to take vengeance for, to avenge a person (much less freq. but class.): quos nobis poëtae tradiderunt patris ulciscendi causā supplicium de matre sumpsisse,Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 66; Auct. Her. 1, 16, 26: caesos fratres,Ov. M. 12, 603: fratrem,id. ib. 8, 442: patrem justa per arma,id. F. 3, 710: numen utrumque,id. ib. 5, 574: cadentem patriam,Verg. A. 2, 576: quibus (armis) possis te ulcisci lacessitus,Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32: se,id. Mil. 14, 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87; Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2; Ov. M. 7, 397; id. P. 1, 8, 20: Hannibal se a transfugis ultus est,Front. Strat. 3, 16, 4.— Transf., of things: a ferro sanguis humanus se ulciscitur: contactum namque eo celerius subinde rubiginem trahit,Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 146.—With the two constructions combined: non hercle ego is sum, qui sum, ni hanc injuriam meque ultus pulcre fuero,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 7.!*?
* Act. collat. form ulcisco, ĕre: nisi patrem materno sanguine exanclando ulciscerem, Enn. ap. Non. 292, 16 (Trag. v. 184 Vahl.).
* Ulciscor, ci, in a passive signif.: quicquid sine sanguine civium ulcisci nequitur, jure factum sit,Sall. J. 31, 8: ob iras graviter ultas, graviter ultae, Liv 2, 17, 7; so, ultus,avenged,Val. Fl. 4, 753: ulta ossa patris,Ov. H. 8, 120.