ē-mĭco, cŭi (cf. Quint. 1, 6, 17), cātum, 1, v. n.,
I to spring out , spring forth , to break forth , appear quickly (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).
A Lit.: emicat ex oculis, spirat quoque pectore flamma, Ov. M. 8, 356: flamma ex monte, Plin. 2, 88, 89, § 203: multi calami ex una radice, id. 27, 8, 40, § 62: dracones de extis, id. 11, 37, 77, § 197: fulgura ab omni parte caeli, Curt. 8, 4: corpore sanguis (so Lachm.; Munro, e corpore), Lucr. 2, 195: uterque pronus carcere, Ov. M. 10, 652: scaturigines, Liv. 44, 33: cruor alte, Ov. M. 4, 121: sanguis per foramen, id. ib. 9, 130: scintillae inter fumum, Quint. 8, 5, 29: sol super terras, Val. Fl. 4, 96; cf. dies, id. 1, 655: telum nervo, Ov. M. 5, 67; cf.: saxa tormento, Liv. 44, 10: hostem rati, emicant, sine discrimine insultant, rush forth , Flor. 1, 18, 4 et saep.: (sanguis) in illam partem, Lucr. 4, 1050: juvenum manus emicat ardens in litus, Verg. A. 6, 5; cf.: in currum, id. ib. 12, 327: Nisus ante omnia corpora, id. ib. 5, 319: sanguis in altum, Ov. M. 6, 260: rami in excelsum, Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23 al.; cf. comically: cor coepit in pectus emicare, to leap , * Plaut. Aul. 4, 3, 4.—
2 Transf., to stretch forth , project : scopulus alto gurgite, Ov. M. 9, 225.—
B Trop., to be prominent or conspicuous , to become apparent : inter quae verbum emicuit si forte decorum, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 73: Agrippinae is pavor, ea consternatio mentis emicuit, ut, etc., Tac. A. 13, 16.—Esp. of good qualities, etc.: quos et magnitudine animi et claritate rerum longe emicuisse, to have shone forth , Curt. 7, 6, 20: egregia virtus Scaevae centurionis emicuit, Flor. 4, 2, 40; cf.: inter ceteros Themistoclis gloria emicuit, Just. 2, 9, 15.