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ī̆cĭo and ī̆co ), 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, v. a. [Gr. ip-, iptomai, to injure; ips, a worm; ikria, scaffolding; cf. Ikaros, en-ipê], to strike, hit, smite, stab, sting (cf.: ferio, percutio, verbero, pulso).

I.

Lit. (rare but class.).

A.

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.—

B.

Esp. of lightning, etc., to strike:

cum Summanus e caelo ictus esset,

Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16:

ictae limen domus,

Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 34:

fulmine laurus sola non icitur,

Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 134; cf.:

fulmen lauri fruticem non icit,

id. 2, 55, 56, § 146;

so in a figure, of a thunderbolt: ut vos iisdem ignibus circumsaepti me primum ictum pro vobis et fumantem videretis,

Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 45; cf.: exin candida se radiis dedit icta foras lux (i. e. Aurora), struck with rays, irradiated, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 93 Vahl.).—

C.

With a homogeneous object: Icere colaphum, to give a box on the ear:

hei, colaphum icit,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65.—

II.

Trop.

A.

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 —

B.

(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. —

C.

Poet.:

saltat Milonius, ut semel icto Accessit fervor capiti numerusque lucernis,

i. e. smitten with wine, tipsy, Hor. S. 2, 1, 25.