accio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ac-cĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., to call or summon, to fetch (rare but class.).

I Lit.: cujus vos tumulti causā accierim, Att. ap. Non. 484, 7 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 199): horriferis accibant vocibus Orcum, Lucr. 5, 996: tu invita mulieres, ego accivero pueros, Cic. Att. 5, 1, 3; 13, 48, 1; id. de Or. 3, 35, 141; Sall. J. 108; Liv. 2, 6; Tac. A. 1, 5 al. —

II Fig.: accire mortem, to kill one's self , Vell. 2, 38 fin. ; Flor. 4, 2, 71: scientiam artemque haruspicum accibam, Tac. H. 2, 3; cf.: accitis quae usquam egregia, id. A. 3, 27; and: patrios mores funditus everti per accitam lasciviam, i. e. borrowed , id. ib. 14, 20 (but in Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93, the read. acciret is very doubtful; v. Madv. a. h. l.; Klotz reads faceret; B. and K., crearet.).

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