had assembled in great numbers

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.