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excito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar

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Etymology

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The frequentative form of exciere (call out, arouse, excite), from ex- (out; forth) +‎ ciere (call, summon).

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excitō (present infinitive excitāre, perfect active excitāvī, supine excitātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon
    • Quintus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni, Book VI
      Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.
      A small spark neglected has often roused to a great inferno.
  2. (transitive) to bring forth: to raise, build
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stimulate, set in motion
    Synonyms: īnstīgō, īnstinguō, exciō, irrītō, stimulō, sollicitō, percieō, concieō, cieō, concitō, urgeō, impellō, īnflammō, incendō, moveō, mōlior, adhortor, ērigō
    Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to call upon: to cite

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of excitō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excitō excitās excitat excitāmus excitātis excitant
imperfect excitābam excitābās excitābat excitābāmus excitābātis excitābant
future excitābō excitābis excitābit excitābimus excitābitis excitābunt
perfect excitāvī excitāvistī,
excitāstī1
excitāvit,
excitāt1
excitāvimus,
excitāmus1
excitāvistis,
excitāstis1
excitāvērunt,
excitāvēre,
excitārunt1
pluperfect excitāveram,
excitāram1
excitāverās,
excitārās1
excitāverat,
excitārat1
excitāverāmus,
excitārāmus1
excitāverātis,
excitārātis1
excitāverant,
excitārant1
future perfect excitāverō,
excitārō1
excitāveris,
excitāris1
excitāverit,
excitārit1
excitāverimus,
excitārimus1
excitāveritis,
excitāritis1
excitāverint,
excitārint1
passive present excitor excitāris,
excitāre
excitātur excitāmur excitāminī excitantur
imperfect excitābar excitābāris,
excitābāre
excitābātur excitābāmur excitābāminī excitābantur
future excitābor excitāberis,
excitābere
excitābitur excitābimur excitābiminī excitābuntur
perfect excitātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect excitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect excitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excitem excitēs excitet excitēmus excitētis excitent
imperfect excitārem excitārēs excitāret excitārēmus excitārētis excitārent
perfect excitāverim,
excitārim1
excitāverīs,
excitārīs1
excitāverit,
excitārit1
excitāverīmus,
excitārīmus1
excitāverītis,
excitārītis1
excitāverint,
excitārint1
pluperfect excitāvissem,
excitāssem1
excitāvissēs,
excitāssēs1
excitāvisset,
excitāsset1
excitāvissēmus,
excitāssēmus1
excitāvissētis,
excitāssētis1
excitāvissent,
excitāssent1
passive present exciter excitēris,
excitēre
excitētur excitēmur excitēminī excitentur
imperfect excitārer excitārēris,
excitārēre
excitārētur excitārēmur excitārēminī excitārentur
perfect excitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect excitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excitā excitāte
future excitātō excitātō excitātōte excitantō
passive present excitāre excitāminī
future excitātor excitātor excitantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives excitāre excitāvisse,
excitāsse1
excitātūrum esse excitārī excitātum esse excitātum īrī
participles excitāns excitātūrus excitātus excitandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excitandī excitandō excitandum excitandō excitātum excitātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

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  • excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • excito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to make up, stir up a fire: ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
    • to rouse, wake some one: (e) somno excitare, dormientem excitare
    • to elicit loud applause: clamores (coronae) facere, excitare
    • to excite emotion: motus excitare in animo (opp. sedare, exstinguere)
    • to put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind: animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitare
    • to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
    • to awaken new hope in some one: ad spem aliquem excitare, erigere
    • to rouse a person's suspicions: suspicionem movere, excitare, inicere, dare alicui
    • to rouse in some one an enthusiasm for virtue: excitare aliquem ad virtutem
    • to arouse some one's lust: libidinem alicuius excitare
    • to summon some one from the dead: aliquem ab inferis or a mortuis evocare, excitare (passive ab inferis exsistere)
    • to build a tower: turrim excitare, erigere, facere
    • to cause a war: bellum facere, movere, excitare
    • to incite to valour: ad virtutem excitare, cohortari (or simply adhortari, cohortari)
  • excito in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excitare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 273

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excito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar

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excito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of excitar