assembled in great numbers

frĕquens, entis, adj. [root phrak-, phrassô, to enclose, make close; Lat. farcio, fartilis, etc.; cf. Germ. Berg, Burg], that takes place repeatedly, often, or frequently, often, frequent (class.; syn.: celeber, creber).

Lit.

Of persons, that is often at a place, or that often does a thing, regular, constant, repeated (syn.:

assiduus, creber, multus): erat ille Romae frequens, in foro et in ore omnium cottidie versabatur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

quibuscum si frequentes sunt,

id. Off. 2, 13, 46; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 80.— Comp.:

quod filium frequentiorem prope cum illis quam secum cernebat,

Liv. 39, 53, 11:

Demosthenes frequens fuit Platonis auditor,

an assiduous hearer, Cic. Or. 4, 45:

nos autem in hoc genere (orationis) frequentes,

id. ib. 50, 167:

sed in utroque frequentiores sunt poëtae,

id. ib. 60, 202; cf.

spectator,

Quint. 10, 5, 19:

conviva,

Mart. 9, 98, 10:

frequentem ad signa esse,

Liv. 3, 24, 5:

adesse senatui,

Tac. A. 4, 55; so with dat.:

contionibus,

id. H. 4, 69 fin.:

secretis,

id. A. 4, 3:

in ore frequens posteritatis eris,

Ov. P. 2, 6, 34:

frequens te audivi atque affui,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243.— Poet. with inf.:

hic hominum casus lenire et demere fatis Jura frequens,

Stat. Th. 7, 706.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, repeated, often, frequent, common, usual:

mihi frequentem operam dedistis,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 7:

(senectus) caret epulis exstructisque mensis et frequentibus poculis,

Cic. de Sen. 13, 44:

frequentiores (lactucae) in cibo,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68:

frequentes litterae,

Suet. Tib. 11:

edicta,

id. Ner. 41:

iambus et trochaeus frequens,

Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.:

(verbum igitur) cum apud alios sit etiam frequens, apud alios numquam reperiatur,

Quint. 1, 5, 39:

opera (= assidua),

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 99: frequentiora latrocinia, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

familiaritas,

Nep. Att. 19 fin.:

honores,

id. Phoc. 1:

comparationis usus,

Quint. 8, 6, 14:

frequentior usus anulorum,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17; cf.:

nec fuit alia gemma apud antiquos usu frequentior,

id. 37, 7, 31, § 106:

frequentior fama,

Liv. 2, 32, 3: sententia, held or adopted by many, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 6:

frequens apud Graecos adagium,

Gell. 1, 8, 4; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 37:

id frequentius est, quam ut exemplis confirmandum sit,

id. 4, 1, 75; 9, 2, 53:

esse videatur, jam nimis frequens, octonarium incohat,

id. 9, 4, 73.— With a subject-clause:

erat adhuc frequens senatoribus, si quid, etc....loco sententiae promere, = usitatum,

Tac. A. 2, 33:

parere ergo exceptionem rei judicatae, frequens est,

Dig. 44, 2, 6.

Transf., of a multitude, assembled in great numbers, full, crowded, numerous:

videt multos equites Romanos, frequentes praeterea cives atque socios,

Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7:

refert etiam, qui audiant, frequentes an pauci an singuli,

id. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

major frequentiorque legatio,

Liv. 5, 5, 10:

senatus fuit frequentior quam, etc.... frequentes fuimus, omnino ad ducentos,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1:

senatus frequens convenit,

id. Fam. 10, 12, 3; cf.:

senatus frequens vocatu Drusi in curiam venit,

id. de Or. 3, 1, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111; cf.

also: frequentissimo senatu,

Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99:

ad frequentiores consultatio dilata,

Liv. 35, 7, 1:

legem populi frequentis suffragiis abrogare,

Cic. Brut. 62, 222:

mane Germani frequentes ad eum in castra venerunt,

in great numbers, Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 4; cf.:

eodem conveniunt undique frequentes,

id. ib. 7, 63, 6; id. B. C. 1, 13, 1:

frequenti consessu,

Suet. Aug. 44:

convivio frequenti,

id. Caes. 31; id. Tib. 61:

frequenti auditorio,

id. Claud. 41:

equites Romani, qui frequentissimi in gradibus Concordiae steterunt,

Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 21:

huc postero die quam frequentissimi conveniunt,

Caes. B. G. 4, 11, 5:

frequens ibi hic piscis,

Plin. 9, 59, 85, § 180: huc frequens Caementa demittit redemptor Cum famulis ( poet. for famulis frequentibus), Hor. C. 3, 1, 34.—

Of places filled with a multitude, filled, full, crowded, populous, much frequented, well stocked (syn.: plenus, abundans).— Constr. absol., with abl., and in Tac. also [p. 780] with gen.

Absol.:

frequentissimum theatrum,

Cic. Div. 1, 28 fin.:

sic ut nulla (praefectura) tota Italia frequentior dici possit,

more populous, id. Planc. 8, 21:

ei processit, ut est frequens municipium magna multitudo,

id. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

Numidia,

Sall. J. 78 fin.:

celebre et frequens emporium,

much frequented, Liv. 38, 18, 11:

via,

Ov. A. A. 1, 585; cf.

compita,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 26:

ludi,

id. Carm. Sec. 22; cf.

pompa,

Ov. A. A. 1, 147.—

With abl. (since the Aug. per.):

cum situm moeniaque et frequentem tectis urbem vidissent,

Liv. 1, 9, 9:

loca aedificiis,

id. 31, 23, 5:

Aegyptus multis (urbibus),

Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60:

terra colubris,

Ov. M. 4, 620:

Sinuessa niveis columbis,

id. ib. 15, 715:

silva trabibus,

id. ib. 8, 328; cf.:

locus piceis ilicibusque,

id. H. 16, 54:

nemus agrestium pavonum multitudine frequens,

Curt. 9, 2, 13:

Nilus feris et beluis,

Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

amnis vorticibus,

Ov. M. 9, 106:

vivarium piscibus,

Col. 8, 16, 4:

pharetra telis Lernaeis,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 1233.— Comp.:

utra pars frequentior vicis esset,

Liv. 35, 11, 5.—

With gen.:

quod talis silvae frequens fecundusque erat (mons),

Tac. A. 4, 65.—Hence, adv.: frĕ-quenter.

(Acc. to I.) Often, frequently (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

ut frequenter et assidue consequamur artis rationem studio et exercitatione,

Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69:

ad aliquem frequenter ventitare,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9 (Moser, frequentes); cf.:

gratior (erat) Alexandro frequenter in officinam ventitanti,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85:

praecipue quidem apud Ciceronem, frequenter tamen apud Asinium,

Quint. 1, 8, 11:

frequenter in his etiam conjecturae locus est, nonnumquam tractatur aliqua finitio: aliquando etiam legales possunt incidere tractatus,

id. 3, 8, 4:

habet usum talis allegoriae frequenter oratio, sed raro totius,

id. 8, 6, 47:

continuo aut certe nimium frequenter,

id. 9, 1, 11;

opp. semper,

id. 12, 1, 3; v. infra.— Comp.:

quod et M. Cicero scripto ad Brutum libro frequentius testatur,

Quint. 1, 10, 4:

haec ad conjecturam frequentius pertinent, sed interim ad jus quoque,

id. 5, 10, 38:

ne plebs frumentationum causa frequentius a negotiis avocaretur,

Suet. Aug. 40:

non alias missi cecidere frequentius ignes,

Ov. F. 3, 287.— Sup.:

translatione frequentissime sermo omnis utitur,

Cic. Or. 24, 81:

non semper, etiamsi frequentissime, tuenda veritas erit,

Quint. 2, 17, 36; Suet. Aug. 43.—

(Acc. to II.) Numerously, in great numbers, by many (very rare):

huic frequenter interceditur,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 5:

Romam inde frequenter migratum est,

Liv. 1, 11, 4.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.

frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [frequens].

(Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):

sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,

Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:

juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,

Sall. C. 14, 7:

domum alicujus,

Quint. 12, 11, 5:

(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,

Suet. Vesp. 2:

scholam alicujus,

id. Gram. 7:

dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,

Ov. M. 10, 169:

plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,

often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:

juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,

Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:

istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:

ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,

Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:

si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),

Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:

quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,

Sall. J. 17, 2:

tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,

frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,

Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:

turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,

Ov. H. 12, 143:

memoriam alicujus,

to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:

exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,

exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:

nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,

became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:

prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),

be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:

verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:

quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 3. —

(Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).

In gen.:

urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,

be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:

Italiae solitudinem frequentari,

id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:

templa frequentari nunc decet,

to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:

piscinas,

id. 8, 16, 2:

castaneta,

id. 4, 33, 3:

vineam,

id. 4, 15, 1:

quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,

had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:

populum,

id. Dom. 33, 89:

acervatim multa frequentans,

crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:

tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,

id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,

Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—

In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:

nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,

Liv. 36, 39:

sacra,

Ov. M. 4, 37:

ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,

Tac. A. 3, 48.—

Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:

Baccheaque sacra frequento,

Ov. M. 3, 691:

festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,

Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:

dies sollennes,

Suet. Aug. 53:

quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,

id. Tib. 32:

Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),

Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.

Frequent, common, much used:

pavimenta,

Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:

gemma reginis,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—

Full of, rich or abounding in:

aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,

Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.