incito

incito
in-cĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to set in rapid motion, to hasten, urge forwards; and with se, to put one ' s self in rapid motion, to hasten, rush (freq. and class.).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:

vehementius equos incitare,

Caes. B. C. 2, 41, 4:

saxa per pronum,

Sall. H. 3, 22 Dietsch:

hastas,

Val. Fl. 1, 409:

stellarum motus tum incitantur, tum retardantur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 103:

naves longas remis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 25, 1; cf.:

lintres magno sonitu remorum incitatae,

id. ib. 7, 60, 4:

navigio remis incitato,

id. ib. 3, 14, 6:

alii ex castris sese incitant,

sally out, id. B. C. 2, 14, 3; cf.:

cum ex alto se aestus incitavisset,

had rushed in, id. B. G. 3, 12, 1; and:

quo major vis aquae se incitavisset,

id. ib. 4, 17, 7: duabus ex partibus sese (naves) in eam (navem) incitaverant, id. B. C. 2, 6, 4; cf. id. ib. 3, 24, 3.—Prov.: incitare currentem, to spur a willing horse, i. e. to urge a person who does not need urging, Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16; v. curro.—
B.
In partic., to cause to grow larger, i. e. to augment, increase, to promote the growth of (not ante-Aug.; cf.

excito, I. B.): hibernis (Enipeus amnis) incitatus pluviis,

swollen, Liv. 44, 8, 6:

frequentibus fossuris terra permiscetur, ut incitari vitis possit,

Col. 4, 22, 3; 4, 33. fin.; 3, 21, 7.—
II.
Trop., to incite, encourage, stimulate, rouse, excite, spur on.
A.
In gen.:

aliquem imitandi cupiditate,

Cic. Brut. 92, 317:

quibus (causis) mentes aut incitantur aut reflectuntur,

id. de Or. 1, 32, 53:

animos, opp. sedare,

id. Or. 19, 63:

ipsum ingenium diligentia etiam ex tarditate incitat,

id. ib. 2, 35, 147:

quorum studio legendi meum scribendi studium in dies incitatur,

id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

quamquam ea incitatur in civitate ratio vivendi,

id. de Or. 3, 60, 226:

stultas cogitationes,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 10, 4:

quoniam ad hanc voluntatem ipsius naturae stimulis incitamur,

Cic. Rep. 1, 2 fin.; cf.:

juvenes ad studium et ad laborem,

id. de Or. 1, 61, 262:

aliquem ad servandum genus hominum,

id. Fin. 3, 20, 66:

multa Caesarem ad id bellum incitabant,

Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 1:

aliquem ad bellum atque arma,

Liv. 1, 27, 3:

aliquem ad amplissimam spem,

Suet. Caes. 7:

cujus voluptatis avidae libidines temere et effrenate ad potiundum incitarentur,

Cic. de Sen. 12, 39:

incitabant (animum ferocem) praeterea conrupti civitatis mores,

Sall. C. 5, 8:

cum tibia lumbos incitat,

Juv. 6, 315. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To inspire. nam terrae vis Pythiam Delphis incitabat, naturae Sibyllam, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79:

mente incitati,

id. Ac. 2, 5, 14; id. Cat. 63, 93.—
2.
In a bad sense, to excite, arouse, stir up:

neque enim desunt, qui istos in me atque in optimum quemque incitent,

Cic. Fl. 28, 66; cf. id. Fam. 12, 2, 1:

et consules senatum in tribunum et tribunus populum in consules incitabat,

Liv. 4, 2, 1:

his vocibus cum in se magis incitarent dictatorem,

id. 8, 33, 1:

opifices facile contra vos incitabuntur,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144 (shortly before, concitentur); Hirt. B. G. 8, 35 fin.:

milites nostri pristini diei perfidiā incitati,

Caes. B. G. 4, 14, 3:

civitas ob eam rem incitata,

id. ib. 1, 4:

judices,

Quint. 6, 4, 10.—
3.
(Acc. to I. B.) To augment, increase, enhance:

consuetudo exercitatioque et intellegendi prudentiam acuit et eloquendi celeritatem incitat,

Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90; so,

caelibum poenas,

Tac. A. 3, 25.—Hence, incĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (set in rapid motion; hence), swiftly running, flowing, sailing, flying, etc.; in gen., rapid, swift.
A.
Lit.:

imperator equo incitato se in hostes immittens,

at full speed, Cic. N. D. 3, 6, 15:

equo incitato,

Caes. B. G. 4, 12 fin. (for which: citato equo;

v. cito): milites cursu incitato in summo colle ab hostibus conspiciebantur,

advancing rapidly, id. ib. 2, 26, 3; cf.

in the foll. B.: mundi incitatissima conversio,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18 (shortly before: conversio concitatior).—
B.
Trop.:

cursus in oratione incitatior,

Cic. Or. 59, 201; cf.

so of speech: Herodotus sine ullis salebris quasi sedatus amnis fluit: Thucydides incitatior fertur,

id. ib. 12, 39.— Adv.: incĭtātē (acc. to B.), of speech, quickly, rapidly, violently:

fluit incitatius,

Cic. Or. 63, 212:

quod incitatius feratur (locutio),

id. ib. 20, 67.

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