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Catalan
Verb
excito
- first-person singular present indicative of excitar
Latin
Etymology
The frequentative form of exciere (“call out, arouse, excite”), from ex- (“out; forth”) + ciere (“call, summon”).
Pronunciation
Verb
excitō (present infinitive excitāre, perfect active excitāvī, supine excitātum); first conjugation
- (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.
- (transitive) to bring forth: to raise, build
- (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
- (transitive, figuratively) to call upon: to cite
Conjugation
Conjugation of excitō (first conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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excitō
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excitās
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excitat
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excitāmus
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excitātis
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excitant
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imperfect
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excitābam
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excitābās
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excitābat
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excitābāmus
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excitābātis
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excitābant
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future
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excitābō
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excitābis
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excitābit
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excitābimus
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excitābitis
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excitābunt
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perfect
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excitāvī
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excitāvistī, excitāstī1
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excitāvit, excitāt1
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excitāvimus, excitāmus1
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excitāvistis, excitāstis1
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excitāvērunt, excitāvēre, excitārunt1
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pluperfect
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excitāveram, excitāram1
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excitāverās, excitārās1
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excitāverat, excitārat1
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excitāverāmus, excitārāmus1
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excitāverātis, excitārātis1
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excitāverant, excitārant1
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future perfect
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excitāverō, excitārō1
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excitāveris, excitāris1
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excitāverit, excitārit1
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excitāverimus, excitārimus1
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excitāveritis, excitāritis1
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excitāverint, excitārint1
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passive
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present
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excitor
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excitāris, excitāre
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excitātur
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excitāmur
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excitāminī
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excitantur
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imperfect
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excitābar
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excitābāris, excitābāre
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excitābātur
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excitābāmur
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excitābāminī
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excitābantur
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future
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excitābor
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excitāberis, excitābere
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excitābitur
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excitābimur
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excitābiminī
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excitābuntur
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perfect
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excitātus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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excitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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excitātus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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excitem
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excitēs
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excitet
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excitēmus
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excitētis
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excitent
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imperfect
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excitārem
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excitārēs
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excitāret
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excitārēmus
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excitārētis
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excitārent
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perfect
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excitāverim, excitārim1
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excitāverīs, excitārīs1
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excitāverit, excitārit1
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excitāverīmus, excitārīmus1
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excitāverītis, excitārītis1
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excitāverint, excitārint1
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pluperfect
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excitāvissem, excitāssem1
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excitāvissēs, excitāssēs1
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excitāvisset, excitāsset1
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excitāvissēmus, excitāssēmus1
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excitāvissētis, excitāssētis1
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excitāvissent, excitāssent1
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passive
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present
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exciter
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excitēris, excitēre
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excitētur
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excitēmur
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excitēminī
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excitentur
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imperfect
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excitārer
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excitārēris, excitārēre
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excitārētur
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excitārēmur
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excitārēminī
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excitārentur
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perfect
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excitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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excitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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excitā
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excitāte
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future
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excitātō
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excitātō
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excitātōte
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excitantō
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passive
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present
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excitāre
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excitāminī
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future
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excitātor
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excitātor
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excitantor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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excitāre
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excitāvisse, excitāsse1
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excitātūrum esse
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excitārī
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excitātum esse
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excitātum īrī
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participles
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excitāns
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excitātūrus
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excitātus
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excitandus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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excitandī
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excitandō
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excitandum
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excitandō
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excitātum
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excitātū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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, 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “excitare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 273
Portuguese
Verb
excito
- first-person singular present indicative of excitar
Spanish
Verb
excito
- first-person singular present indicative of excitar