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grăvis, e, adj. [Sanscr. gurus (root gar-); Gr. barus, heavy; gravis, for gar-uis; cf. also Brutus]. With respect to weight, heavy, weighty, ponderous, burdensome; or pass., loaded, laden, burdened (opp. levis, light; in most of its significations corresp. to the Gr. barus; cf. onerosus, onerarius).

Lit. Absol. or with abl.

In gen.: imber et ignis, spiritus et gravis terra, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; so,

tellus,

Ov. M. 7, 355:

corpora,

Lucr. 2, 225 sq.; cf. id. 5, 450 sq.:

limus,

id. 5, 496:

in eo etiam cavillatus est, aestate grave esse aureum amiculum, hieme frigidum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83:

navigia,

Caes. B. G. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

tot ora navium gravi Rostrata duci pondere,

Hor. Epod. 4, 17:

cum gravius dorso (aselli) subiit onus,

id. S. 1, 9, 21:

sarcina,

id. Ep. 1, 13, 6: inflexi grave robur aratri, Verg. G. 1, 162:

cujus (tibicinae) Ad strepitum salias terrae gravis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: terra, burdened (by the heavy body), Ov. M. 12, 118:

naves hostilibus spoliis graves,

heavily laden, Liv. 29, 35, 5; cf.:

agmen grave praedā,

id. 21, 5, 8;

for which also simply: grave agmen,

id. 31, 39, 2:

miles,

heavy-armed, Tac. A. 12, 35:

gravis aere dextra,

Verg. E. 1, 36:

cum fatalis equus saltu super ardua venit Pergama et armatum peditem gravis attulit alvo,

i. e. filled, full, id. A. 6, 516 (an imitation of Maximo saltu superavit Gravidus armatis equus, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; v. gravidus, II. b):

graves imbre nubes,

Liv. 28, 15, 11:

graves fructu vites,

Quint. 8, 3, 8:

gravis vinculis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 10.—

In partic.

With respect to value or number, heavy, great. So, aes grave, heavy money, money of the oldest standard, in which an as weighed a full pound: grave aes dictum a pondere, quia deni asses, singuli pondo libras, efficiebant denarium, etc., Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.:

et quia nondum argentum signatum erat, aes grave plaustris quidam (ex patribus) ad aerarium convehentes, etc.,

Liv. 4, 60, 6; 10, 46, 5; 22, 33, 2 et saep.:

populus Romanus ne argento quidem signato ante Pyrrhum regem devictum usus est: librales appendebantur asses. Quare aeris gravis poena dicta,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 42: argentum, i. e. uncoined = rude:

placet argentum grave rustici patris sine ullo opere et nomine artificis,

Sen. Tranq. 1, 4:

notavit aliquos, quod pecunias levioribus usuris mutuati graviore fenore collocassent,

at a higher rate, Suet. Aug. 39; cf.:

in graviore annona,

id. ib. 25: grave pretium, a high price, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 314, 25.—With respect to number: graves pavonum greges, great or numerous flocks, Varr. ap. Non. 314, 31. —

For the usual gravidus, with young, pregnant ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

regina sacerdos Marte gravis,

Verg. A. 1, 274; cf.

uterus (shortly after: gravidus tumet venter),

Ov. M. 10, 495:

balaenae utero graves (shortly before, gravidae),

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13.—

Transf.

Of hearing or sound, deep, grave, low, bass (opp. acutus, treble):

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. id. ib. 3, 57, 216:

qui (sonus) acuta cum gravibus temperans, varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

id. Rep. 6, 18:

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 17; 42: sonus, 2, 8, 15; 5, 10, 125; 11, 3, 41; Ov. M. 12, 203:

tenor,

Quint. 1, 5, 26:

syllaba,

i. e. unaccented, id. 1, 5, 22 sq.; 12, 10, 33.—

Of smell or flavor, strong, unpleasant, offensive:

an gravis hirsutis cubet hircus in alis,

rank, Hor. Epod. 12, 5:

chelydri,

Verg. G. 3, 415:

ellebori,

id. ib. 3, 451:

odor calthae,

strong, Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; cf.:

herba odore suaviter gravi,

id. 25, 9, 70, § 118; cf.

117: habrotonum odore jucunde gravi floret,

id. 21, 10, 34, § 60: absynthium ut bibam gravem, i. e. bitter, Varr. ap. Non. 19, 27, and 314, 14.—

Of the state of the body or health, gross, indigestible, unwholesome, noxious, severe; sick:

(Cleanthes) negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24; so,

genera cibi graviora,

Cels. 2, 18:

gravissima bubula (caro),

id. ib.:

pisces gravissimi,

id. ib.:

neque ex salubri loco in gravem, neque ex gravi in salubrem transitus satis tutus est,

id. 1, 3; cf.:

solum caelumque juxta grave,

Tac. H. 5, 7:

solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra,

Verg. E. 10, 75:

anni tempore gravissimo et caloribus maximis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

gravis auctumnus in Apulia circumque Brundisium ex saluberrimis Galliae et Hispaniae regionibus, omnem exercitum valetudine tentaverat,

Caes. B. C. 3, 2 fin.:

grave tempus et forte annus pestilens erat urbi agrisque,

Liv. 3, 6, 1; cf. also id. 3, 8, 1:

aestas,

Verg. G. 2, 377:

morbo gravis,

sick, id. ib. 3, 95; cf.:

gravis vulnere,

Liv. 21, 48, 4:

aetate et viribus gravior,

id. 2, 19, 6:

gravior de vulnere,

Val. Fl. 6, 65:

non insueta graves tentabunt pabula fetas,

sick, feeble, Verg. E. 1, 50; so absol.:

aut abit in somnum gravis,

heavy, languid, Lucr. 3, 1066.

Trop.

In a bad sense, heavy, burdensome, oppressive, troublesome, grievous, painful, hard, harsh, severe, disagreeable, unpleasant (syn.: molestus, difficilis, arduus): qui labores morte finisset graves, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115:

quod numquam tibi senectutem gravem esse senserim... quibus nihil est in ipsis opis ad bene beateque vivendum, iis omnis aetas gravis est,

Cic. de Sen. 2, 4; cf.:

onus officii,

id. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; id. Rep. 1, 23:

et facilior et minus aliis gravis aut molesta vita est otiosorum,

id. Off. 1, 21, 70; id. Rep. 1, 4:

miserior graviorque fortuna,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

haec si gravia aut acerba videantur, multo illa gravius aestimare debere, etc.,

id. ib. 7, 14 fin.:

velim si tibi grave non erit, me certiorem facias,

Cic. Fam. 13, 73, 2:

grave est homini pudenti petere aliquid magnum,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; id. Att. 1, 5, 4:

est in populum Romanum grave, non posse, etc.,

id. Balb. 7, 24:

verbum gravius,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 58, § 134:

ne quid gravius in fratrem statueret... quod si quid ei a Caesare gravius accidisset, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 1 and 4:

gravissimum supplicium,

id. ib. 1, 31, 15:

habemus senatusconsultum in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3:

edictum,

Liv. 29, 21, 5:

gravioribus bellis,

Cic. Rep. 1, 40:

gravis esse alicui,

id. Fam. 13, 76, 2; cf.:

adversarius imperii,

id. Off. 3, 22, 86:

gravior hostis,

Liv. 10, 18, 6:

senes ad ludum adolescentium descendant, ne sint iis odiosi et graves,

Cic. Rep. 1, 43:

gravis popularibus esse coepit,

Liv. 44, 30, 5.—Prov.:

gravis malae conscientiae lux est,

Sen. Ep. 122.—

In a good sense, weighty, important, grave; with respect to character, of weight or authority, eminent, venerable, great:

numquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 58:

quod apud omnes leve et infirmum est, id apud judicem grave et sanctum esse ducetur?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 2, 6:

ea (honestas) certe omni pondere gravior habenda est quam reliqua omnia,

id. Off. 3, 8, 35; id. Deiot. 2, 5:

cum gravibus seriisque rebus satisfecerimus,

id. ib. 1, 29, 103:

auctoritas clarissimi viri et in rei publicae maximis gravissimisque causis cogniti,

id. Fam. 5, 12, 7; cf. causa, Lucil. ap. Non. 315, 31; Quint. 1, 2, 3; Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 4:

gravius erit tuum unum verbum ad eam rem, quam centum mea,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 107:

ut potentia senatus atque auctoritas minueretur: quae tamen gravis et magna remanebat,

Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

sententiis non tam gravibus et severis quam concinnis et venustis,

id. Brut. 95, 325:

gravior oratio,

id. de Or. 2, 56, 227:

nihil sibi gravius esse faciendum, quam ut, etc.,

id. Clu. 6, 16:

inceptis gravibus et magna professis,

Hor. A. P. 14:

exemplum grave praebet ales, etc.,

id. C. 4, 11, 26:

non tulit ullos haec civitas aut gloria clariores, aut auctoritate graviores, aut humanitate politiores,

Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154:

et esse et videri omnium gravissimus et severissimus,

id. ib. 2, 56, 228:

homo prudens et gravis,

id. ib. 1, 9, 38:

neque oratio abhorrens a persona hominis gravissimi,

id. Rep. 1, 15 fin.:

auctor,

id. Pis. 6, 14:

testis,

id. Fam. 2, 2:

non idem apud graves viros, quod leviores (decet),

Quint. 11, 1, 45:

vir bonus et gravis,

id. 11, 3, 184:

gravissimi sapientiae magistri,

id. 12, 1, 36:

tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem Conspexere,

Verg. A. 1, 151:

gravissima civitas,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3:

gravem atque opulentam civitatem vineis et pluteis cepit,

an important city, Liv. 34, 17, 12.— Hence, adv.: grăvĭter.

Weightily, heavily, ponderously (very rare):

aëra per purum graviter simulacra feruntur,

Lucr. 4, 302; cf.:

graviter cadere,

id. 1, 741; Ov. P. 1, 7, 49.—

Transf.

Of tones, deeply:

natura fert, ut extrema ex altera parte graviter, ex altera autem acute sonent,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18; Lucr. 4, 543.—Far more freq.,

Vehemently, strongly, violently:

graviter crepuerunt fores,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 52; so,

spirantibus flabris,

Lucr. 6, 428; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 2:

pertentat tremor terras,

Lucr. 6, 287:

ferire aliquem,

Verg. A. 12, 295:

conquassari omnia,

Lucr. 5, 105; cf.:

quae gravissime afflictae erant naves,

Caes. B. G. 4, 31, 2.—

Trop.

Vehemently, violently, deeply, severely; harshly, unpleasantly, disagreeably:

graviter aegrotare,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 32:

se habere,

id. Att. 7, 2, 3:

neque is sum, qui gravissime ex vobis mortis periculo terrear,

Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 2:

gravissime dolere,

id. ib. 5, 54 fin.:

quem ego amarem graviter,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.: placere occoepit graviter, postquam est mortua, [p. 829] Caecil. ap. Non. 314, 19:

tibi edepol iratus sum graviter,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 2:

cives gravissime dissentientes,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27:

si me meis civibus injuria suspectum tam graviter atque offensum viderem,

id. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

graviter angi,

id. Lael. 3, 10:

tulit hoc commune dedecus jam familiae graviter filius,

with chagrin, vexation, id. Clu. 6, 16; cf.:

graviter et acerbe aliquid ferre,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152:

graviter accipere aliquid,

id. de Or. 2, 52, 211; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf.:

adolescentulus saepe eadem et graviter audiendo victus est,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 62:

nolo in illum gravius dicere,

more harshly, id. Ad. 1, 2, 60; cf.:

de amplissimis viris gravissime acerbissimeque decernitur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4; id. B. G. 3, 16, 4; cf.

also: severe et graviter et prisce agere,

Cic. Cael. 14, 33:

ut non gravius accepturi viderentur, si nuntiarentur omnibus eo loco mortem oppetendam esse,

more sorrowfully, Liv. 9, 4, 6.—

In an impressive or dignified manner, impressively, gravely, seriously, with propriety or dignity:

his de rebus tantis tamque atrocibus neque satis me commode dicere neque satis graviter conqueri neque satis libere vociferari posse intelligo. Nam commoditati ingenium, gravitati aetas, libertati tempora sunt impedimento,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 4, 9:

(Scipio) utrumque egit graviter,

with dignity, id. Lael. 21, 77:

res gestas narrare graviter,

id. Or. 9, 30; cf.:

locum graviter et copiose tractare,

id. Fin. 4, 2, 5.

impōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3 (arch. forms of the perf. imposivit, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27:

imposisse,

id. Most. 2, 2, 4; sync. form of the part. perf. impostus, a, um, Lucr. 5, 543; Verg. A. 9, 716; Val. Fl. 4, 186; Prop. 5, 2, 29; Stat. Th. 1, 227 al.), v. a. [in-pono], to place, put, set, or lay into, upon or in a place (very freq. and class.); constr. usu. with aliquid in aliquam rem or alicui rei; rarely in aliqua re or absol.

Lit.

In gen.: pedem in undam. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

hunc in collum,

id. Pers. 4, 6, 10:

aliquem in rogum,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; cf.:

in ignem imposita'st: fletur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:

omnem aciem suam redis et carris circumdederunt: eo mulieres imposuerunt,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:

milites eo (i. e. in equos),

id. ib. 1, 42, 5:

aliquid in foco Lari,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 16:

coronam auream litteris,

Cic. Fl. 31, 76; cf.:

collegae diadema,

id. Phil. 5, 12:

operi incohato fastigium,

id. Off. 3, 7, 33:

pondera nobis,

Lucr. 5, 543:

serta delubris et farra cultris,

Juv. 12, 84:

clitellas bovi,

Cic. Att. 5, 15, 3:

juvenes rogis,

Verg. G. 4, 477:

artus mensis,

Ov. M. 1, 230:

aliquid mensis,

id. F. 2, 473: natum axi (i. e. in currum). Stat. Th. 6, 321:

frontibus ancillarum vittas,

Juv. 12, 118:

ali quem mannis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 77:

aliquem jumento,

Gell. 20, 1, 11:

Pelion Olympo,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 52:

arces montibus impositae,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 253; cf. id. C. 4, 14, 12:

impositum saxis Anxur,

id. S. 1, 5, 26:

celeri raptos per inania vento Imposuit caelo,

placed them in the heavens, Ov. M. 2, 507:

(Romulum) ablatum terris caelo,

id. ib. 14, 811:

hoc metuens molemque et montes insuper altos Imposuit,

Verg. A. 1, 62; cf.:

pedem super cervicem jacentis,

Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

haec super imposuit liquidum aethera,

Ov. M. 1, 67:

ei jus est in infinito supra suum aedificium imponere,

to build, Dig. 8, 2, 24:

pontibus praesidiisque impositis,

Tac. A. 2, 11:

pons lapideus flumini impositus,

Curt. 5, 1, 29:

quidvis oneris impone, impera,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 26; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 29:

nec peredit Impositam celer ignis Aetnam,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 76:

diadema imposuit,

Quint. 9, 3, 61:

pars togae, quae postea imponitur,

id. 11, 3, 140. —

In partic.

Naut. t. t., to put on board ship, to embark; with in and acc.:

quicquid domi fuit in navem imposivit,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 27: in quas (naves) exercitus ejus imponi posset, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 14, 1:

legiones equitesque Brundisii in naves,

Caes. B. C. 3, 14, 1:

aeris magno pondere in naves imposito,

id. ib. 3, 103, 1.—With dat.:

et nos in aeternum Exsilium impositura cymbae,

Hor. C. 2, 3, 28:

ut semel imposita est pictae Philomela carinae,

Ov. M. 6, 511.—With adv.:

deprehensis navibus circiter quinquaginta atque eo militibus inpositis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 58, 4:

scaphas contexit, eoque milites imposuit,

id. B. C. 3, 24, 1. — With abl.: vetustissima nave impositi, Caes. ap. Suet. Caes. 66. — Absol.:

ipsi expediti naves conscenderent, quo major numerus militum posset imponi,

Caes. B. C. 3, 6, 1:

cum Crassus exercitum Brundisii imponeret,

Cic. Div. 2, 40, 84:

signa nostra velim imponas,

id. Att. 1, 10, 3:

per istos quae volebat clam imponenda curabat,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23.—

Med. t. t., to apply a remedy externally:

alium imponitur in vulnera,

Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 50:

porrum vulneribus,

id. 20, 6, 21, § 47:

raphanos super umbilicum contra tormenta vulvae,

id. 20, 4, 13, § 27:

imponuntur et per se folia,

id. 23, 7, 71, § 138.—

Of animals, to put the male to the female:

asinum equae,

Col. 6, 36, 4; 7, 2, 5.—In mal. part., Juv. 6, 334.

Trop.

In gen., to put or lay upon, to impose; to throw or inflict upon; to put, set, or give to:

culpam omnem in med inponito,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 54: cujus amicitia me paulatim in hanc perditam causam imposuit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1:

ne magnum onus observantiae Bruto nostro imponerem,

Cic. Att, 13, 11, 1:

onus alicui,

id. Fam. 6, 7, 6; 13, 56, 1; id. Rep. 1, 23; cf.:

plus militi laboris,

id. Mur. 18, 38:

graviores labores sibi,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

illi illud negotium,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

vos mihi personam hanc imposuistis, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 18, 49; cf. Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 10, 2:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4:

ego mihi necessitatem volui imponere hujus novae conjunctionis,

id. ib. 4, 5, 2; cf. id. Sull. 12, 35:

mihi impone istam vim, ut, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 138:

rei publicae vulnera,

id. Fin. 2, 24, 66; so,

vulnus rei publicae,

id. Att. 1, 16, 7:

plagam mortiferam rei publicae,

id. Sest. 19, 44:

quibus injurias plurimas contumeliasque imposuisti,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 9, § 20:

injuriam sine ignominia alicui,

id. Quint. 31, 96; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3:

servitus fundo illi imposita,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 3:

servitutem civibus,

Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2:

belli invidiam consuli,

id. C. 43, 1:

leges civitati per vim imposuit,

Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

leges alicui,

id. ib. 12, 1, 2; id. Rep. 1, 34; cf.:

saevas imponite leges, ut, etc.,

Juv. 7, 229:

nimis duras leges huic aetati,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 256:

huic praedae ac direptioni cellae nomen imponis,

assign, give, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:

nomen alicui,

Liv. 35, 47, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 7; Tac. A. 4, 34; 14, 39 et saep.; cf.:

imponens cognata vocabula rebus,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 280:

finem imponere volumini,

Quint. 9, 4, 146:

finem spei,

Liv. 5, 4, 10:

clausulam disputationi,

Col. 3, 19, 3; cf.: quasi perfectis summam eloquentiae manum imponerent, gave the last touch to, Quint. prooem. §

4: summam manum operi,

Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 16; Sen. Ep. 12, 4; Vell. 2, 33, 1; 2, 87, 1; Gell. 17, 10, 5; Quint. 1 prooem. 4:

extremam manum bello,

Verg. A. 7, 573:

manum supremam bellis,

Ov. R. Am. 114:

modum alicui,

Liv. 4, 24, 7:

modum dolori,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 16:

modum divortiis,

Suet. Aug. 34.—Prov.:

imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis,

Juv. 6, 444 (453).—

In partic.

To set over, as overseer, commander, etc.:

si emimus, quem vilicum imponeremus, quem pecori praeficeremus,

Cic. Planc. 25, 62:

consul est impositus is nobis, quem, etc.,

id. Att. 1, 18, 3:

Lacedaemonii devictis Atheniensibus triginta viros imposuere,

Sall. C. 51, 28:

Macedoniae regem,

Liv. 40, 12, 15; cf.:

Masinissam in Syphacis regnum,

id. 37, 25, 9:

Cappadociae consularem rectorem,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

quid si domini milites imperatoribus imponantur?

Liv. 45, 36, 8:

itaque imposuistis cervicibus nostris sempiternum dominum (deum),

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54 (al. in cervicibus).—

To lay or impose upon, as a burden, tax, etc.: omnibus agris publicis pergrande vectigal. Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10:

vectigal fructibus,

id. Font. 5, 10:

stipendium victis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 5:

tributa genti,

Suet. Dom. 12; so, tributi aliquid alicui, id. Calig. 40; cf.:

tributum in capita singula,

Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1:

frumentum,

Cic. Att. 15, 10:

nulla onera nova,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 49 fin. —

Alicui, to impose upon, deceive, cheat, trick (= frustror, fallo, fraudo, circumvenio):

Catoni egregie imposuit Milo noster,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

si mihi imposuisset aliquid,

id. Att. 15, 26, 4: populo imposuimus et oratores visi sumus, id. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 20 and 55:

praefectis Antigoni imposuit,

Nep. Eum. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

facile est barbato inponere regi,

Juv. 4, 103:

falluntur quibus luxuria specie liberalitatis imponit,

Tac. H. 1, 30.— Pass. impers.:

utcumque imponi vel dormienti posset,

Petr. 102.

pendĕo, pĕpendi, 2, v. n. [ intr. of pendo, q. v.], to hang, hang down, be suspended.

Lit., constr. with ab, ex, or in and abl.; also ( poet.), with abl. alone, or with de: pendent peniculamenta, Enn. ap. Non. 149, 32 (Ann. v. 363 Vahl.): in candelabro pendet strigilis, Varr. ap. Non. 223, 7:

in arbore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 57:

sagittae pende, bant ab umero,

id. ib. 2, 4, 34, §

74: ex arbore,

id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

66: ubera circum (pueri),

Verg. A. 8, 632:

horrida pendebant molles super ora capilli,

Ov. P. 3, 3, 17:

capiti patiar sacros pendere corymbos,

Prop. 2, 23, 35 (3, 28, 39):

telum... summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit,

Verg. A. 2, 544:

deque viri collo dulce pependit onus,

Ov. F. 2, 760.—Of garments:

chlamydemque ut pendeat apte, Collocat,

Ov. M. 2, 733:

tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent,

Verg. A. 11, 577.—Of slaves, who were strung up to be flogged, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:

quando pendes per pedes,

id. ib. 2, 2, 35:

ibi pendentem ferit,

id. Trin. 2, 1, 19; id. Truc. 4, 3, 3; cf. id. Men. 5, 5, 48: quid me fiet nunciam? Theo. Verberibus caedere pendens, id. Most. 5, 2, 45:

ego plectar pendens, nisi, etc.,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 43; id. Eun. 5, 6, 20.— Poet., of suspended votive offerings:

omnibus heu portis pendent mea noxia vota,

Prop. 4 (5), 3, 17; Tib. 1, 1, 16 (24):

pendebatque vagi pastoris in arbore votum,

id. 2, 5, 29:

pendebit fistula pinu,

Verg. E. 7, 24:

multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma, Captivi pendent currus, etc.,

id. A. 7, 184.—Of one who hangs himself, Mart. 8, 61, 2:

e trabe sublimi triste pependit onus,

Ov. R. Am. 18:

pendentem volo Zoilum videre,

Mart. 4, 77, 5.—Of any thing hung up for public notice;

of the names of persons accused,

Suet. Dom. 9, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1;

of goods hung up, exposed for sale,

Phaedr. 3, 4, 1;

transf., of a debtor whose goods are exposed for sale,

Suet. Claud. 9 fin. —Prov.: pendere filo or tenui filo, to hang by a thread, i. e. to be in great danger: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.):

omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo,

Ov. P. 4, 3, 35; Val. Max. 6, 4, 1.—

Transf. (mostly poet.; cf. immineo).

To hang in the air, be suspended, to float, hover, overhang: per speluncas saxis structas asperis, pendentibus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37 (Trag. Rel. p. 245 Rib.);

imitated,

Lucr. 6, 195:

hinc scopulus raucis pendet adesus aquis,

Ov. H. 10, 26:

dum siccā tellure licet, dum nubila pendent,

Verg. G. 1, 214:

hi summo in fluctu pendent,

id. A. 1, 106:

illisaque prora pependit,

id. ib. 5, 206; Curt. 4, 2, 9:

dumosā pendere procul de rupe videbo (capros),

Verg. E. 1, 77:

pendentes rupe capellae,

Ov. P. 1, 8, 51.—So of birds, which float or hover in the air:

olor niveis pendebat in aëra pennis,

Ov. M. 7, 379; 8, 145:

et supra vatem multa pependit avis,

Mart. Spect. 21.—

Of a rapid course: raraque non fracto vestigia pulvere pendent,

Stat. Th. 6, 638.—

To hang loosely together, be unstable, movable:

opertum (litus) pendeat algā,

Ov. M. 11, 233.—

To hang about, loiter, tarry, linger anywhere:

nostroque in limine pendes,

Verg. A. 6, 151.—

To hang down, be flabby or flaccid, weak, without strength:

fluidos pendere lacertos,

Ov. M. 15, 231:

pendentesque genas et aniles aspice rugas,

Juv. 10, 193.—

To weigh:

offula cum duabus costis quae penderet III. et XX. pondo,

Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:

cyathus pendet drachmas X., mna pendet drachmas Atticas centum,

Plin. 21, 34, 109, § 185:

Lucio Titio modios centum, qui singuli pondo centum pendeant, heres dato,

Dig. 33, 6, 7.—

Trop.

To hang, rest, or depend upon a person or thing (class.); constr. with ex, in, ab, the simple abl., or de:

tuorum, qui ex te pendent,

Cic. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

spes pendet ex fortunā,

id. Par. 2, 17:

ex quo verbo tota causa pendebat,

id. de Or. 2, 25, 107; id. Fam. 5, 13, 1:

hinc omnis pendet Lucilius,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 6:

an ignoratis. vectigalia perlevi saepe momento fortunae pendere?

Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

salus nostra, quae spe exiguā extremāque pendet,

Cic. Fl. 2, 4:

tam levi momento mea apud vos fama pendet,

Liv. 2, 7, 10:

pendere ex alterius vultu ac nutu,

id. 39, 5, 3:

oblite, tuā nostram pendere salutem,

Sil. 3, 109: in sententiis [p. 1328] omnium civium famam nostram fortunamque pendere, Cic. Pis. 41, 98:

ex ancipiti temporum mutatione pendere,

Curt. 4, 1, 27; Luc. 5, 686:

deque tuis pendentia Dardana fatis,

Sil. 13, 504; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 105:

tyrannus, cum quo fatum pendebat amici,

Juv. 4, 88.—

To hang upon a person's words, to gaze fixedly, listen attentively to ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.

haereo): (Dido) pendet iterum narrantis ab ore,

Verg. A. 4, 79:

narrantis conjux pendet ab ore viri,

Ov. H. 1, 30:

ab imagine pendet,

Sil. 8, 93; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 72:

pervigil Arcadio Tiphys pendebat ab astro,

Val. Fl. 1, 481:

attentus et pendens,

Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 7:

ex vultu dicentis pendent omnium vultus,

Sen. Contr. 9, 23, 5.— Poet., with a terminal clause:

e summo pendent cupida agmina vallo, Noscere quisque suos,

Stat. Th. 10, 457.—

To be suspended, interrupted, discontinued ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

pendent opera interrupta,

Verg. A. 4, 88:

mutui datio interdum pendet,

Dig. 12, 1, 8:

condictio pendet,

ib. 7, 1, 12 fin.:

actio negotiorum gestorum pendeat,

ib. 3, 5, 8; 24, 1, 11:

pendet jus liberorum, propter jus postliminii,

Just. Inst. 1, 12, 5.—

To hang suspended, be ready to fall:

nec amicum pendentem corruere patitur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43.—

To be in suspense, to be uncertain, doubiful, irresolute, perplexed (cf. haesito):

animus tibi pendet?

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 18:

nolo suspensam et incertam plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere,

Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

ne diutius pendeas,

id. Att. 4, 15, 6:

quia quam diu futurum hoc sit, non nimis pendeo,

Sen. Ep. 61, 2:

mortales pavidis cum pendent mentibus,

Lucr. 6, 51.—Esp. freq.:

pendere animi (locative case, v. Kühnast,

Liv. Synt. p. 39):

Clitipho cum spe pendebit animi,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

exanimatus pendet animi,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 16, 35:

pendeo animi exspectatione Corfiniensi,

id. Att. 8, 5, 2:

animi pendeo et de te et de me,

id. ib. 16, 12.—With rel.-clause:

ego animi pendeo, quid illud sit negotii,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 18:

ostendis te pendere animi, quamnam rationem, etc.,

Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1; id. Leg. 1, 3, 9.—Less freq.: pendere animo: atque animo noctu pendens eventa timebat, Cic. poët. ap. Non. 204, 8.—In plur.:

animis: quodsi exspectando et desiderando pendemus animis, cruciamur, angimur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

sollicitis ac pendentibus animis,

Liv. 7, 30 fin. dub. (al. animi, v. Drak. ad loc.).—With cum:

plebs innumera mentibus cum dimicationum curulium eventu pendentem,

Amm. 14, 6, 26.—Law t. t., to be undetermined, to await decision:

pendente condicione,

Gai. Inst. 2, 200; 1, 186; 3, 179.—

To have weight or value:

bona vera idem pendent,

Sen. Ep. 66, 30 (Haas; al. pendunt).—Hence, pendens, entis, P. a.

Hanging; in econom. lang., of fruits not yet plucked or gathered:

vinum,

Cato, R. R. 147:

vindemia,

Dig. 19, 1, 25:

olea,

Cato, R. R. 146:

fructus,

Dig. 6, 1, 44. —

Pending; hence, in jurid, Lat., in pendenti esse, to be pending, undecided, uncertain:

quando in pendenti est, an, etc.,

Dig. 38, 17, 10:

in pendenti est posterior solutio ac prior,

ib. 46, 3, 58; 7, 1, 25:

in pendenti habere aliquid,

to regard a thing as uncertain, doubtful, Dig. 49, 17, 19 fin.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

urgeo (less correctly urgueo), ursi ( perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. [Gr. Werg-, heirgnumi, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.

Lit. (mostly poet.;

syn.: pello, trudo): unda impellitur undā Urgeturque eadem veniens urgetque priorem,

Ov. M. 15, 182:

urgeris turbā circum te stante,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 135:

angustoque vagos pisces urgere catino,

id. ib. 2, 4, 77:

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget,

Verg. A. 12, 748; cf. Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

aut petis aut urges ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum,

i. e. roll up, Ov. M. 4, 460:

versaque in obnixos urguentur cornua vasto Cum gemitu,

Verg. G. 3, 222:

tres (naves) Eurus ab alto In brevia et Syrtes urget,

id. A. 1, 111:

miserum tenues in jecur urget acus,

Ov. H. 6, 92:

equites in oppidum, Auct. B. Afr. 6, 3: (Mars) aetherias currus urgebat ad arces,

Stat. Th. 3, 222.—

Transf.

To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).

To bear hard or close upon; press hard, beset (class.):

Caesar cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, urgeri ab hoste vidisset,

Caes. B. G. 2, 26; 2, 25; Sall. J. 56, 6; cf.:

hinc Pallas instat et urget Hinc contra Lausus,

Verg. A. 10, 433:

urgent impavidi te Salaminius Teucer, te Sthenelus,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 23:

hac urget lupus, hac canis angit,

id. S. 2, 2, 64. —

To weigh or bear down, to burden, oppress:

at onus urget,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 35; cf.:

onus aut jam urgentis aut certe adventantis senectutis,

Cic. Sen. 1, 2:

quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Juppiter urget,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 20:

quem scabies aut morbus urget,

id. A. P. 453; cf.:

ergo Quintilium perpetuus sopor Urget,

id. C. 1, 24, 5:

omnes illacrimabiles Urgentur ignotique longa Nocte,

id. ib. 4, 9, 27:

populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur,

Sall. J. 41, 7:

praesens atque urgens malum,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 61.—

To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto):

quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47:

etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,

Cic. Planc. 19, 48:

quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,

id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4:

nihil urget,

is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2:

cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,

Dig. 23, 3, 33.—

To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.:

vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,

Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf.

orationem,

id. 11, 3, 102.—

To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine:

ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,

Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16:

vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,

Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566:

quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,

id. G. 4, 290.—

Trop.

To press, ply, urge with argument (a favorite expression of Cic.):

urgerent praeterea philosophorum greges... instaret Academia,

Cic. de Or. 1, 10, 42:

illum neque ursi, neque levavi,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

sed urges me meis versibus,

id. Div. 2, 20, 45:

urguebat Arcesilas Zenonem, cum ipse falsa omnia diceret, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—With acc. and inf.:

sed urguetis identidem hominum esse istam culpam non deorum,

Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

illud urgeam, non intellegere eum, quid, etc.,

id. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Absol.:

ut interrogando urgeat,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

urgent tamen et nihil remittunt,

id. Fin. 4, 28, 77; id. Off. 3, 9, 39; id. Lig. 3, 9 (also ap. Quint. 9, 2, 57).—

To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing:

eundem locum diutius,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,

id. Fam. 7, 8, 2:

jus, aequitatem,

id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3:

propositum,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 6:

et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,

Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.:

non tacta ligonibus arva,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

vestem,

Verg. A. 9, 489:

iter,

Ov. F. 6, 520:

vestigia ad manes,

Sil. 12, 419:

Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,

am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing:

male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,

Tac. A. 6, 29.— Poet., with inf.:

marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare):

urgentior causa,

Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.:

urgentissima ratio,

Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.— Adv.: urgenter, pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.

1) General subject: ball and chain, burden, burthen, charge, dead-weight, drag, encumbrance, fardel, incubus, load, millstone, tax, unburden, weight, incidence, albatross

2) Obsolete: baggage, impudent baggage

3) Latin: onus (только sing)

4) Religion: carriage

5) Economy: overhang

6) Makarov: freight, weight (забот, работы и т.п.)

7) Christianity: penalty

1) Law: burden of proof (правильный термин российского права - бремя доказывания)

2) EBRD: burden of proving, onus of proof

1) General subject: blame (to lay the blame on somebody - возложить вину на кого-либо), fault, guilt, reason, tiff, transgression, veena (индийский музыкальный инструмент)

2) Dialect: wite, wyte

3) Latin: onus

4) Law: guilty mind, mens rea

5) Scottish language: dirdum

6) Jargon: rap, (за что-л.) short end of the stick

7) Business: culpa

1) General subject: arrearage, chalk, credit, debt (get (run) into debt - влезть в долги), (чей-л.) debt owed by (smb.), due (взятое взаймы), duty, honor (а не гонор), honors, imperative, incumbency, liabilities, liability, must, obligation, obligement, office, onus, ought, owing, red, score, trust, never-never (pay for things on the never-never (you should never never borrow money))

2) French: devoir

3) Agriculture: indebtedness (и)

4) Religion: bonds, call

5) Law: burden

6) Economy: arrears, debts, indebtedness, refund money, rearage

7) Accounting: ties

8) Finances: to the bad (в такую-то сумму)

9) Australian slang: dead horse

10) Diplomatic term: public service

11) Jargon: red ink

12) Oil: arrear

13) Banking: tie

14) Business: encumbrance

15) Makarov: debt owed to (smb.) (кому-л.), encumbrance (с обеспечением имуществом)

1) General subject: duty, imperative, incumbency, liability (делать что-л.), obligation, obligement, office, onus, ought, part, responsibility, service, business

2) Medicine: liability

3) French: devoir

4) Military: assignment, business (по службе), function, (воинская) obligation

5) Law: charge, commitment, incident, promise, riot duty

6) Diplomatic term: public service

7) Sociology: compulsory service

8) Advertising: task

9) Business: trust

10) Psychoanalysis: liability (делать что-л.)

11) Security: liability (воздействию)

1) General subject: (бремя) burden of evidence (of proof, of proving)

2) Law: burden of proof (в процессе), duty of proving

3) Patents: burden of proof (в спорах по поводу сталкивающихся заявок лежит ни стороне, позднее подавшей заявку: в делах о нарушении патентных прав это обязанность истца)

4) Business: burden of going forward, burden of proof, evidential burden of proof, legal burden of proof, onus of proving

1) General subject: accountability, amenability, answerableness, blame, charge, liability, onus, rap (за проступок), responsibility, the responsibility that attaches to that position, trust, incumbent (имеется ввиду не сама ответственность, а принадлежность ее к чему то. Пример - он думал что мы в ответе за помощь - he felt it was incumbent on us all to help), ownership (строго контекстуально - to take ownership of what you are doing - брать на себя ответственность за свои действия), accountableness, culpability

2) Zoology: pigeon

3) Medicine: responsibility.

4) Engineering: liability (материальная)

5) Law: amenability (перёд законом), amenability (судебная), answerability, liabilities, responsibility (for a claim) (за иск)

6) Economy: amenability (перед законом)

7) Jargon: short end of the stick

8) Fishery: responsibility and liability

9) Programming: responsibilities

10) Quality control: chargeability, responsiveness

11) oil&gas: downgrade (тех.)