cistis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cieo, ciere, civi, citus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · 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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →cista, cistae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
chest/box (usu. made of wicker); box for sacred ceremonial objects; ballot box;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...choros, nos Cadmeis orgia ferre tecum solitae condita cistis, cum iam pulso sidere brumae tertia soles euocat aestas..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Haemonio numquam spernenda marito condita letiferis promit medicamina cistis virgineosque sinus ipsumque monile venenis implicat ac saevum super..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...tortis serpentibus incingebant, pars obscura cavis celebrabant orgia cistis, orgia quae frustra cupiunt audire profani; plangebant aliae proceris..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...illa loquax. Condita si non sunt Veneris mysteria cistis, Nec cava vesanis ictibus aera sonant, At sic inter..."
