citare
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. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...potes nec comissator haberi, nec pauidos tristi uoce citare reos, nec potes uxores cari corrumpere amici, nec potes..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...succinctos linteo passus est; alios cum clam interemisset, citare nihilo minus ut vivos perseveravit, paucos post dies voluntaria..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tribuni militum, qui centuriones * * , sed primum quemque citarent, tres et uiginti centuriones, qui primos pilos duxerant, citati tribunos..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Liui nomen erat, et praeco cunctaretur citare ipsum censorem, 'cita' inquit Nero 'M. Liuium'; et siue ex residua..."