concito Latin · revision 30783

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=170–c. 90 BC, Accius|origins=ine-pro *ḱeyh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈkɔŋ.kɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''concitō''' (present infinitive concitāre, perfect active concitāvī, supine concitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|con-|citō|t2=to set in motion]], the frequentative of [[m|la|concieō|t=to stir up]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it among the derivatives of [[m|la|cieō|t=to set in motion]], which he traces to [[ine-pro|*ḱeyh₂-|t=to start to move]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Accius,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it for stirring up trouble.^(OLD 2012) Lucretius has a cold breeze that ''concitat artūs'', “sets the limbs shaking”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Concitō'' is to set in rapid motion: to hurl a missile, spur on a horse, and in the passive or with ''sē'' to rush (Caesar: men sent at full speed to seize a hill).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also to agitate or stir up (the sea by winds), to summon or assemble a crowd (Cicero), to rouse to effort (Cicero: virtue spurs the mind with the goad of glory), to incite and inflame the feelings, provoke to anger, and to bring about or cause (Cicero: how laughter is provoked).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “arouse, excite”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius: a breeze that ''concitat artūs''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of virtue spurring the mind.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of troops sent at speed.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To set in rapid motion; to hurl; to spur on.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(passive or reflexive)'' To rush.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To agitate, stir up, disturb.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To summon, assemble.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To rouse, [[m|en|incite]], [[m|en|provoke]]; to infuriate.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To bring about, cause.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[concitāmentum]]

+ * [[concitātiō]]

+ * [[concitātor]]

+ * [[concitātrix]]

+ * [[concitātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cieō]]

+ * [[citō]]

+ * [[concieō]]

+ * [[excitō]]

+ * [[incitō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ An adverb ''concitō'' “rapidly”, from the participle ''concitus'', is given a separate entry in the OLD.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}