excio

• excieō

From ex- + cieō (“stir”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.t͡ʃi.o]

exciō (present infinitive excīre, perfect active excīvī or exciī, supine excitum or excītum); fourth conjugation

1. to draw out, extract

   Synonyms: excipiō, extrahō, ēiciō, exuō, ēdūcō

   Antonyms: īnsertō, īnserō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.23:

     ea res ab stativis excivit Mettium

     • Translation by Spillan

       This circumstance drew out Mettius from his camp

2. to call or bring out or forth, summon

   Synonyms: invocō, ēvocō, advocō, prōvocō, invītō, acciō, arcessō, citō

3. to produce, cause

   Synonyms: importo, pario

4. to rouse, excite, start, stir

   Synonyms: excitō, īnstīgō, īnstinguō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, urgeō, concitō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō

   Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, plācō, restinguō, coërceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

5. to frighten, terrify

   Synonyms: perterreō, exterreō, conterreō, deterreō, absterreō, terreō, cōnsternō

• The fourth principal part also appears either short as excitum or long as excītum.

• excitō
• excitus

• acciō
• cieō

• “excio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “excio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.