fréquenter

mī̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (migrassit for migraverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root mā, exchange; also meo].

Neutr., to remove from one place to another, to depart, flit, migrate (class.).

Lit.:

migrare e fano foras,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 1:

ex urbe tu rus habitatum migres?

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 13:

ad integra omnia,

Liv. 5, 53:

ad generum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

in tabernas,

Hor. A. P. 229:

Veios,

Liv. 5, 53:

Alexandriam vel Ilium,

Suet. Caes. 79:

finibus,

Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 59: Verres domo ejus emigrat atque adeo exit: nam jam ante migrārat, he quits his house (leaves it himself without taking any thing with him); for he had already removed (had taken away his furniture), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

consilium migrandi a Tarquiniis cepit,

Liv. 1, 34, 5:

itaque non solum inquilini, sed etiam mures migraverunt,

Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: cum tota Karthagine migra, be off! Juv. 6, 171.— Impers. pass.:

in alium quendam locum ex his locis morte migretur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97:

Romam inde frequenter migratum est a propinquis,

Liv. 1, 11, 4.—

Trop., to go away, depart, to pass over, change, turn:

scio ipse quid agam, neque mens officio migrat,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13:

mea ut migrare dicta possint, quo volo,

id. Ps. 1, 5, 54:

ex hac vitā,

Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 6, 15, 15:

de vitā,

i. e. to die, id. Fin. 1, 19, 62:

equitis migravit ab aure voluptas ad oculos,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187:

haec medicina migrabat in Graeciae linguas,

Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 16:

omnia migrant, Omnia commutat natura,

change, Lucr. 5, 831:

caerula quae sunt Numquam in marmoreum possunt migrare colorem,

id. 2, 774:

in varias migrare figuras,

Ov. M. 15, 172:

cornua in mucronem migrantia,

running out into, ending in, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125:

ad aliud matrimonium,

Dig. 24, 2, 6.—

To carry away, transport, transfer (rare):

cassita nidum migravit,

Gell. 2, 29, 16:

relicta quae migratu difficilia essent,

Liv. 10, 34:

num migrantur Rhoeteia regna In Libyam Superis?

are transferred, Sil. 7, 431.—

To transgress, break, violate, opp. to servare:

jus civile migrare (opp. conservare),

Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 67:

ea migrare et non servare,

id. Off. 1, 10, 31.

ob-rōdo, ĕre, v. a., to gnaw (ante- and post-class. for mordeo).

Lit.:

vermis te semper obrodit,

Ambros. Tob. 7, § 26:

ut quod obrodat sit,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 92.—

Trop., to gnaw over, chew upon; to backbite, depreciate:

haec sunt argumentationis ossa, quae obroditis,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 5 init.:

sacrilego morsu pretiosum fidei velamen obrodunt,

Ambros. Spir. Sanct. 1, 16, 164:

frequenter obrodi a maledicis obtrectatoribus,

id. in Psa. 118, Serm. 8, 36.

obsessor, ōris, m. [id.], one who sits, stays, abides in a place; a frequenter, haunter.

In gen. (only ante-class. and poet.):

hoc ego fui hodie solus obsessor fori,

sai in the forum alone, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 18: vivarum aquarum (of a water-snake), Ov. F. 2, 259.—

In partic., milit., a besieger, invester, blockader:

obsessor curiae,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

Luceriae,

Liv. 9, 15, 3:

plus pavoris obsessis quam obsessoribus intulit,

Tac. H. 3, 73.

postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut ( ne), de, with inf., or absol.

In gen.:

incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78:

nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet,

id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19:

tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo,

Cic. Quint. 3, 13:

postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc.,

Curt. 4, 1, 8:

dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 19:

ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat,

id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27:

suom jus postulat,

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.:

aequom postulat, da veniam,

id. And. 5, 3, 30; and:

quid est? num iniquom postulo?

id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64:

nunc hic dies alios mores postulat,

id. And. 1, 2, 18:

fidem publicam,

Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2:

istud, quod postulas,

id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9:

ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.:

noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit,

id. Sest. 34, 74:

postulo abs te, ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18:

postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia,

Cic. Leg. 1, 5:

quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and:

quidvis ab amico postulare,

Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.:

cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur,

id. ib.:

orationes a me duas postulas,

id. Att. 2, 7, 1:

quod principes civitatum a me postulassent,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.—With ut ( ne):

quodam modo postulat, ut, etc.,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2:

postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur,

id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra):

legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret,

Sall. J. 83, 1.—With subj. alone:

qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.—With de:

sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt,

Cic. Balb. 15, 34:

Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42.—With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.):

hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138:

o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88:

me ducere istis dictis postulas?

Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16:

(lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte,

Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135:

si me tibi praemandere postulas,

Gell. 4, 1, 11.—With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2. —With nom. and inf.:

qui postulat deus credi,

Curt. 6, 11, 24.—

In partic., in jurid. lang.

To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.):

Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:

aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis,

id. Cornel. Fragm. 1:

aliquem repetundis,

Tac. A. 3, 38:

aliquem majestatis,

id. ib. 1, 74:

aliquem repetundarum,

Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3:

aliquem ex aliquā causā reum,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

aliquem impietatis reum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7:

aliquem injuriarum,

Suet. Aug. 56 fin.:

aliquem capitis,

Dig. 46, 1, 53:

qui (infames) postulare prohibentur,

Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.—

To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate:

postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc.,

Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf.

this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64:

postulare servos in quaestionem,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

quaestionem,

Liv. 2, 29, 5.—

For the usual expostulare, to complain of one:

quom patrem adeas postulatum,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).—

Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init. —

Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco):

pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse,

Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.:

accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum,

Juv. 7, 243. —

Transf., of things.

To contain, measure:

jugerum sex modios seminis postulat,

Col. 2, 9, 17.—

To need, require:

cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram,

Col. 11, 3, 56.—Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.):

intolerabilia postulata,

Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9:

cognoscere de postulatis alicujus,

id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.:

postulata facere,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.