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percio

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English

percio percire, percivi, percitus V :: excite, stir up, move (emotions); set in motion, propel

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

percĭo: īre, v. percieo.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

percĭō,¹² īre, v. percieo.

Latin > German (Georges)

percio, cīvī, citum, cīre, u. per-cieo, ciēre, I) erregen, in Bewegung setzen, atrā bili percitast, Plaut. Amph. 727: se, Lucr.: res, Lucr. – dah. percitus, a, um, a) erregt, bewegt, aufgebracht, gereizt, Ter., Cic. u.a.: irā percitus, Plaut. u. Fronto. – b) leicht zu erregen, reizbar, hitzig, auffahrend, heftig, ingenium, Liv. 21, 53, 8: corpore et linguā percitus, Sall. hist. fr. 2, 35 (45). – II) insbes., nennen, alqm impudicum, Plaut. asin. 475.