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ī̆cĭo: and ī̆co), īci, ictum (forms in use, only
I pres. icit, iciunt, icere; perf. icit, icisse; pluperf. iceram, iceras; fut. perf. icero; pass. pres. icitur, icimur; perf. ictus est; and part. ictus, a, um; pres. ĭco, Prisc. 886 P.; but īcit, Lucr. 3, 160; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 50; pres. icio, Gell. 4, 17, 8; Prisc. 877 P.), 3, v. a. Gr. ἰπ-, ἴπτομαι>, to injure; ἴψ, a worm; ἴκρια>, scaffolding; cf. Ἴκαρος, ἐν-ιπή, to strike, hit, smite, stab, sting (cf.: ferio, percutio, verbero, pulso).
I Lit. (rare but class.).
   A In gen.: exim corpus propellit et icit, Lucr. 3, 160: unde icimur ictu, id. 4, 1050: femur, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 42: caput telis (musca), Cat. 116, 4: vidulum fuscinā, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 124, 1: cum Ptolemaeus in proelio telo venenato ictus esset, Cic. Div. 2, 66, 135; cf.: lapide ictus, Caes. B. C. 3, 22, 2: ibi in turba ictus Remus, cecidit, Liv. 1, 7, 2: velut ictus ab Hercule Cacus, Juv. 5, 125.—
   B Esp. of lightning, etc., to strike: cum Summanus e caelo ictus esset, Cic. Div. 1, 10, 16: ictae limen domus, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 34: fulmine laurus sola non icitur, Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 134; cf.: fulmen lauri fruticem non icit, id. 2, 55, 56, § 146; so in a figure, of a thunderbolt: ut vos iisdem ignibus circumsaepti me primum ictum pro vobis et fumantem videretis, Cic. Har. Resp. 21, 45; cf.: exin candida se radiis dedit icta foras lux (i. e. Aurora), struck with rays, irradiated, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 93 Vahl.).—
   C With a homogeneous object: Icere colaphum, to give a box on the ear: hei, colaphum icit, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 65.—
II Trop.
   A In partic., icere foedus, like ferire and percutere foedus (v. ferio and percutio, I. B. fin.), to make a covenant or league: foedus, quod meo sanguine in pactione provinciarum iceras, frangere noluisti, Cic. Pis. 12, 28: cum Gaditanis foedus icisse dicitur, id. Balb. 15, 34; Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 886 P.: orsi a foedere quod nobiscum icerant, Tac. 12, 62—
   B (Perh. not ante - Aug.) Desideriis icta fidelibus Quaerit patria Caesarem, smitten, tormented, Hor. C. 4, 5, 15: novā re consules icti, disturbed, Liv. 27, 9, 8; cf. id. 34, 17, 5: conscientiā ictus, id. 33, 28, 1: metu icta, id. 1, 16 et saep.: haud secus quam pestifero sidere icti pavebant, panic - stricken, id. 8, 9, 12: domestico vulnere ictus, by family affliction, Tac. Agr. 29: si existunt, qui magnitudinem multum ultra se positam non icturi appetant, reach, attain, Sen. Const. Sap. 3 med.—
   C Poet.: saltat Milonius, ut semel icto Accessit fervor capiti numerusque lucernis, i. e. smitten with wine, tipsy, Hor. S. 2, 1, 25.