Incutio, incutis, pe. cor. incussi. incussum, incútere. Ex. in & qua tio, quatis compofitum. To strike or dash.Incotere Scipionem eburneÛ in caput alterius. Li. To knock on the pate with an yuorie staffe.Incutere pedem terræ. Quin. To strike the ground with hys foote: to stampe on the ground.Incutere colaphum. Iouen. To giue one a blow.Incutere pollicem limini. Ph. To hit his toe against the threshall. Incutere ad inanimata transfertur: vt incutere errorem. Ci. To bring or cast into errour: to make to erre.Desyderium vrbis incutere alicui. Ho. To make one long for the citie.Metum incutere.Liu.To make to feare.Mobum incutere. Plautus. To cast into a disease: to make sick.Negotij aliquid iucutere alicui. Ho. To put a busines to one: to put one to trouble.Nuntium alicui incutere.Liu.To bring one sodaine tidingsPauorem incutere.Liu.To make afraide.Pigritiam incutere.Liu.To make slothful.Pudorem incutere alicui. Hor. To make afhamed.Religionem incutere. Liu, To cast one in a scruple of conscience: to make one haue a conscience.Terrorem patribus incutere.Liu.Timorem incutere.Cic.Vim ventis incutere. Vir. To giue force vuto the windes: to make blustering windes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
incŭtĭo, cussi, cussum, ĕre, v. a. [inquatio], to strike upon or against (syn.: impingo, illido, infligo; class.; in Cic. only in the trop. signif.). I.Lit.: scipionem in caput alicujus, Liv. 5, 41, 9: pedem terrae, to strike or dash against, Quint. 2, 12, 10: pollicem limini cubiculi, Plin. 7, 53, 54, 181: tignum capiti, Juv. 3, 246: incutiebantur puppibus prorae, Curt. 9, 9: incussi articuli, i. e.
injured by a blow
, Plin. 30, 9, 23, 78.—Hence, subst.: incussa, ōrum, n.plur., bruised or injured parts, Plin. 29, 2, 9, 33; 22, 14, 16, 37.— B.Transf., to throw, cast, hurl: tormentis faces et hastas, Tac. A. 13, 39: tela saxaque, id. H. 3, 31: imber grandinem incutiens, Curt. 8, 4, 5: colaphum,
to give a box on the ear
, Juv. 9, 5. — II.Trop.A.To strike into, to inspire with, inflict, excite, produce terror, disturbance, etc. (a). With dat.: multis magnum metum, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: terrorem alicui, Cic. Univ. 10 fin.: religionem animo, Liv. 22, 42, 9: alicui foedum nuntium,
bring bad news
, id. 2, 8, 7: animis subitam formidinem, Curt. 4, 13, 13: ingentem animo sollicitudinem, id. 3, 6, 5: desiderium urbis, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 22: ne forte negoti Incutiat tibi quid sanctarum inscitia legum,
should occasion trouble
, id. S. 2, 1, 80. — (b). Without dat.: timor incutitur aut ex ipsorum periculis aut ex communibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 209. — B.To shake, cause to tremble: crebrior incussit mentem pavor, Val. Fl. 5, 551.