ictus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>ictus</b>: a, um, Part., from ico.<br /><b>ictus</b>: ūs (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. icti, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 17), m. ico, a [[blow]], [[stroke]], [[stab]], [[thrust]], [[bite]], [[sting]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: a bestiis [[ictus]], [[morsus]], [[impetus]], Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19: pro ictu gladiatoris, id. Mil. 24, 65: [[neque]] ictu [[comminus]] [[neque]] conjectione telorum, id. Caecin. 15, 43: scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et colligatis, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: non caecis ictibus [[procul]] ex improviso vulnerabantur, Liv. 34, 14, 11: ictu scorpionis exanimato altero, Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 3: [[prope]] funeratus Arboris ictu, Hor. C. 3, 8, 8: [[ictus]] moenium cum terribili sonitu editi, Liv. 38, 5, 3: apri, Ov. M. 8, 362; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7: serpentum, Plin. 23, 1, 11, § 14: Lesbium servate pedem meique Pollicis ictum, a [[striking]], playing on the [[lyre]], Hor. C. 4, 6, 36: alae, the [[stroke]] of a [[wing]], Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9: pennarum, id. 6, 12, 13, § 32: [[Phaethon]] ictu fulminis deflagravit, a [[stroke]] of [[lightning]], [[lightning]], Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94: [[fulmineus]], Hor. C. 3, 16, 11; Ov. M. 14, 618.—Poet., of the [[beating]] rays of the [[sun]]: tum spissa ramis [[laurea]] fervidos Excludet [[ictus]], Hor. C. 2, 15, 10: solis, Ov. M. 3, 183; 6, 49: Phoebei, id. ib. 5, 389 (al. ignes): Phoebi, Luc. 7, 214: [[longe]] Ejaculatur aquas [[atque]] ictibus aëra rumpit, [[with]] jets of [[water]], Ov. M. 4, 124: saxaque cum saxis et habentem semina flammae Materiem jactant, ea concipit ictibus ignem, by [[their]] blows, i. e. [[collision]], id. ib. 15, 348.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In prosody or in [[music]], a [[beating]] [[time]], a [[beat]]: et [[pedum]] et digitorum ictu intervalla signant, Quint. 9, 4, 51: modulantium [[pedum]], Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209: [[unde]] [[etiam]] trimetris accrescere jussit Nomen iambeis, cum senos redderet [[ictus]] Primus ad extremum [[similis]] sibi, Hor. A. P. 253.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[beat]] of the [[pulse]]: [[ictus]] [[creber]] aut [[languidus]], Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In mal. [[part]].: multorum, Juv. 6, 126.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[stroke]], [[blow]], [[attack]], [[shot]], etc.: sublata erat de [[foro]] [[fides]], non ictu [[aliquo]] novae calamitatis, sed suspicione, etc., Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8: nec illum habet ictum, quo pellat animum, id. Fin. 2, 10, 32: sub ictu nostro positum, i. e. in [[our]] [[power]], Sen. Ben. 2, 29; cf.: [[stare]] sub ictu Fortunae, Luc. 5, 729: tua [[innocentia]] sub ictu est, i. e. in [[imminent]] [[danger]], Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 9 fin.; cf. the [[opposite]]: Deum [[extra]] ictum sua [[divinitas]] posuit, [[beyond]] [[shot]], i. e. [[out]] of [[danger]], id. Ben. 1, 7: [[eodem]] ictu temporis, i. e. [[moment]], Gell. 14, 1, 27; cf.: singulis veluti ictibus bella transigere, by [[separate]] attacks, Tac. H. 2, 38: quae (legiones) si amnem Araxen ponte transgrederentur, sub ictum dabantur, would [[have]] [[come]] to [[close]] [[quarters]], id. A. 13, 39 fin.; cf.: laetis ostentat ad Urbem Per campos superesse vim, Romamque sub ictu, [[near]] at [[hand]], [[before]] the eyes, Sil. 4, 42.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Cf. [[icio]], II. A.) Ictus foederis, the [[conclusion]] of a [[treaty]], Luc. 5, 372; Val. Max. 2, 7, 1.