cita
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cito, citare, citavi, citatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
urge on, encourage; promote, excite; summon; set in motion; move (bowels); cite;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →citus, cita -um, citior -or -us, citissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
quick, swift, rapid; moving/acting/passing/occurring quickly, speedy; early;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...graviter sub murmure mugit et reboat raucum retro cita barbita bombum, et [iam] Dauliades natae hortis ex Heliconis..." - T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ferri primordia rerum aut ictu forte alterius. nam cita saepe obvia conflixere, fit ut diversa repente dissiliant; neque..." - T
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...movendi. Postremo duo de concursu corpora lata si cita dissiliant, nempe aer omne necessest, inter corpora quod fiat..." - L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pereat? Singula ista constitue et contemptores eorum cita, qui non quaerendi sed eligendi sunt. Damnationem suam Rutilius..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Vnum quemlibet annum occupa et ex eo magistratus cita, Lucium si uis Bibulum et C. Caesarem: uidebis inter..." - L
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...leges nouas Natura uertet, regeret in fontem citas Reuolutus undas amnis, et noctem afferet Phoebea lampas, Hesperus faciet..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nudo leues duxisse somnos, siue fons largus citas defundit undas, siue per flores nouos fugiente dulcis murmurat riuo..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...advortito animum. CAL. Non adest. PS. At tu cita. CAL. Immo ego tacebo, tu istinc ex cera cita..."
