cio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cio, cire, civi(ii), citus:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
move, set in motion; excite/rouse/stir up; urge on; summon/muster/call up;; disturb, shake; provoke (war); invoke, call on by name; cite; raise/produce;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...meam timeas vicem. TH. Iam minoris cio, prae quam quibus modis me ludificatust. TR. Bene hercle factum..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...capessendis honoribus destinatus, subdidit testamentum ascitis Vin[i]cio Rufino et Terentio Lentino equitibus Romanis. illi Antonium Primum..."