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.—