cieo

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See also: ĉieo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ki-eje- (to stir), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey(h₂)- (to start to move).[1][2] Cognate to Ancient Greek κινέω (kinéō, I move, I set in motion), Albanian qoj (to wake up).

Pronunciation

Verb

cieō (present infinitive ciēre, perfect active cīvī, supine citum); second conjugation

  1. to set in motion; act
  2. to move, stir, shake
    Synonyms: impingo, molior
  3. to summon, call
  4. to call upon (by name) for help, invoke, appeal to
  5. to rouse, stimulate, excite; disturb; produce, cause, begin, provoke
    Synonyms: percieō, concieō, sollicito, excito, excio, ădhortor, impellō, inflammo, concitō, instinguo, instigo, irrītō, urgeō, stimulō, incendō, compello, ērigō
    Antonyms: domō, lēniō, sōpiō, sēdō, dēlēniō, restinguō, plācō, coerceō, mītigō, commītigō, ēlevō, levō, allevō, alleviō

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References

  • cieo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cieo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cieo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 113-4
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 538