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Verb

excito

1. first-person singular present indicative form of excitar

Latin

Etymology

The frequentive form of exciere ‎(“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex- ‎(“out; forth”) +‎ ciere ‎(“call, summon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.ski.toː/, [ˈɛk.skɪ.toː]

Verb

excitō ‎(present infinitive excitāre, perfect active excitāvī, supine excitātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I call forth: I rouse, awaken, summon
   • Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI

     Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.

     A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.

2. (transitive) I bring forth: I raise, build
3. (transitive, figuratively) I bring out: I encourage, revive, excite, stimulate, set in motion
4. (transitive, figuratively) I call upon: I cite

Inflection

Descendants

• English: excite
• French: exciter
• Spanish: excitar

References

• excito in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excito in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “excito”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make up, stir up a fire: ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
    
  • to rouse, wake some one: (e) somno excitare, dormientem excitare
    
  • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    
  • to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
    
  • to put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind: animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitare
    
  • to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
    
  • to awaken new hope in some one: ad spem aliquem excitare, erigere
    
  • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
    
  • to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
    
  • to arouse some one's lust: libidinem alicuius excitare
    
  • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    
  • to build a tower: turrim excitare, erigere, facere
    
  • to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
    
  • to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
    
• excito in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

excito

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of excitar

Spanish

Verb

excito

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of excitar.