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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).I.Lit.A.Of persons, that is often at a place, or that often does a thing, regular, constant, repeated (syn.:B.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:II.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:B.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.(α).Absol.:(β).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.):* (γ).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.:1.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.):2.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.
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