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|lshtext=<b>cĭtŏ</b>: adv., v. [[cieo]],<br /><b>I</b> P. a. fin.<br /><b>cĭto</b>: āvi, ātum (<br /><b>I</b> [[part]]. perf. gen. plur. citatūm, Att. ap. Non. p. 485; inf. [[pass]]. citarier, Cat. 61, 42), 1, v. freq. a. [[cieo]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[put]] [[into]] [[quick]] [[motion]], to [[move]] or [[drive]] [[violently]] or [[rapidly]], to [[hurl]], [[shake]], [[rouse]], [[excite]], [[provoke]], [[incite]], [[stimulate]], [[promote]], etc. ([[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug. and [[poet]].; in earlier authors usu. [[only]] in P. a.): citat hastam, Sil. 4, 583: [[arma]], Stat. Th. 8, 124: gradum, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 510: urinam, Cels. 2, 19: pus, id. 5, 28, n. 13: umorem [[illuc]], id. 4, 6: alvum, Col. 7, 9, 9: ubi luctandi juvenes animosa citavit [[gloria]], Stat. Th. 6, 834. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of plants, to [[put]] or [[shoot]] [[forth]]: virgam, Col. 3, 6, 2; 4, 15, 2: radices, id. 5, 5, 5; id. Arb. 10, 3; Pall. Feb. 9, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: isque [[motus]] (animi) aut boni aut mali opinione citetur, be called [[forth]], Cic. Tusc. 3, 11, 24 Orell. N. cr. (cf.: [[motus]] cieri, id. ib. 1, 10, 20).—<br /><b>II</b> (Like [[cieo]], 2.) With [[reference]] to the [[termination]] ad quem, to [[urge]] to, [[call]] or [[summon]] to ([[class]].; esp. freq. in lang. of [[business]]; syn.: [[voco]], adesse jubeo): patres in curiam per praeconem ad regem Tarquinium citari jussit, Liv. 1, 47, 8; id. 3, 38, 6 and 12: senatum, id. 9, 30, 2: in fora citatis senatoribus, id. 27, 24, 2: [[tribus]] ad [[sacramentum]], Suet. Ner. 44; cf. Cat. 61, 43: judices citati in hunc reum consedistis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 19: citari [[nominatim]] unum ex iis, etc., i. e. for enrollment for milit. [[service]], Liv. 2, 29, 2; id. Epit. libr. 14; Val. Max. 6, 3, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[law]], to [[call]] the parties, to see [[whether]] [[they]] are [[present]] (syn.: in jus vocare, evocare): citat reum: non respondet. Citat accusatorem... [[citatus]] [[accusator]] non respondit, non affuit, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 98; 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41; so of those [[accused]], id. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 92; id. Mil. 19, 50; Suet. Tib. 11; 61.—And of the [[roll]] of a [[gang]] of slaves: mancipia ergastuli [[cottidie]] per nomina, Col. 11, 1, 22 al.—Hence, to [[accuse]]: cum [[equester]] [[ordo]] [[reus]] a consulibus citaretur, Cic. Sest. 15, 35; Vitr. 7 praef.; and [[facetiously]], Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 6.—With gen. of the [[charge]] or [[penalty]]: omnes ii... abs te capitis C. Rabirii nomine citantur, Cic. Rab. Perd. 11, 31; cf.: ne proditi mysterii [[reus]] a philosophis citaretur, Lact. 3, 16, 5.—Of witnesses: in hanc rem testem totam Siciliam citabo, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 59, § 146; Suet. Caes. 74; Quint. 6, 4, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Beyond the [[sphere]] of [[judicial]] proceedings: testem, auctorem, to [[call]] one to [[witness]], to [[call]] [[upon]], [[appeal]] to, [[quote]], [[cite]]: [[quamvis]] citetur [[Salamis]] clarissimae [[testis]] victoriae, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 75: quos ego testes citaturus fui rerum a me gestarum, Liv. 38, 47, 4: poëtas ad [[testimonium]], Petr. 2, 5: libri, quos [[Macer]] [[Licinius]] citat [[identidem]] auctores, Liv. 4, 20, 8.—To [[call]] for votes or opinions in the [[senate]], haec [[illi]], quo [[quisque]] ordine citabantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 18.—Of an [[appeal]] to a [[god]] for [[aid]], etc., Ov. F. 5, 683; Cat. 61, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Like [[cieo]], II. C.) In gen., to [[mention]] [[any]] [[person]] or [[thing]] by [[name]], to [[name]], [[mention]], [[call]] [[out]], [[proclaim]], [[announce]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].; syn. [[laudo]]): omnes [[Danai]] reliquique [[Graeci]], qui hoc anapaesto citantur, Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 18: victorem Olympiae citari; cf. Nep. praef. § 5; Liv. 29, 37, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 922: paeanem, to [[rehearse]], [[recite]], Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251: io Bacche, to [[call]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 7 (cf.: triumphum ciere, Liv. 45, 38, 12, [[infra]] [[cieo]], II. C. 2.); Col. 11, 1, 22.—Hence, cĭtātus, a, um, [[part]]., driven, urged on, hastened, [[hurried]]; and P a., [[quick]], [[rapid]], [[speedy]], [[swift]] (opp. [[tardus]]; [[class]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prop., freq.: citato equo, at [[full]] [[gallop]], Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 1, 27, 7; 3, 46, 6; so, equis, id. 1, 5, 8; cf. Verg. A. 12, 373 al.: jumentis, Suet. Ner. 5: pede, Cat. 63, 2: tripudiis, id. 63, 26: citato gradu, Liv. 28, 14, 17: passibus, Sen. Hippol. 9: [[axe]], Juv. 1, 60: citatum [[agmen]], Liv. 35, 30, 1: citatiore agmine ad stativa sua pervenit, id. 27, 50, 1; so, citatissimo agmine, id. 22, 6, 10 al.: [[amnis]] citatior, id. 23, 19, 11: [[flumen]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 178: nautae, Prop. 1, 8, 23: rates, Sen. Hippol. 1048; Luc. 8, 456: [[currus]], Sil. 8, 663: Euro citatior, Sil. 4, 6: [[alvus]] citatior, Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 63.—Also [[instead]] of an adv. (cf. [[citus]], B.): [[Rhenus]] per fines Trevirorum [[citatus]] fertur, Caes. B. G. 4, 10: ferunt citati signa, Liv. 41, 3, 8: [[penna]] citatior ibat, Sil. 10, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[quick]], [[rapid]], [[vehement]], [[impetuous]]: argumenta acria et citata, Quint. 9, 4, 135; and transf. to persons: in argumentis citati [[atque]] ipso [[etiam]] motu celeres sumus, id. 9, 4, 138: [[Roscius]] citatior, [[Aesopus]] gravior fuit, id. 11, 3, 111; 11, 3, 17: [[pronuntiatio]] (opp. pressa), id. 11, 3, 111: citatior [[manus]] (opp. lenior), id. 11, 3, 102: soni tum placidi tum citati, Gell. 1, 11, 15.—Adv.: cĭtātē, [[quickly]], [[speedily]], [[nimbly]], [[rapidly]] (perh. [[only]] in the [[two]] foll. examples): piscatores citatius moventur, Quint. 11, 3, 112: ut [[versus]] [[quam]] citatissime volvant, id. 1, 1, 37.
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