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  • 1 solicit-

    sōlicit- v. l. = sollicit-

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  • 2 ambiō

        ambiō (imperf. ambibat, O., L., Ta.), īvī and iī, ītus, īre    [ambi + eo], to go round, go about: terram lunae cursus: Siculae fundamina terrae, O.—To surround, encircle, encompass: ambitae litora terrae, O.: Thracam ambiat Hebrus, H.: moenia, Quae flammis ambit amnis, V.: vallum armis, Ta. —Fig., to canvass for votes: singulos ex senatu, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur cives.—To secure by canvassing, win by solicitation, entreat, solicit, court: senis amicos, T.: connubiis Latinum, V.: te prece, H.: nuptiis ambiri, to be sought in marriage, Ta.
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    ambire, ambivi, ambitus V
    go round, visit in rotation, inspect; solicit, canvass; circle, embrace

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  • 3 flāgitō

        flāgitō āvī, ātum, āre, freq.    [2 FLAG-], to demand urgently, require, entreat, solicit, press, importune, dun: sed flagitat tabellarius: insto, posco, atque adeo flagito crimen: consulis auxilium: ne eius sceleris in te quaestio flagitaretur: cum stipendium ab legionibus flagitaretur, Cs.: admonitum venimus te, non flagitatum: a propinquo suo socerum suum: id ex omnibus partibus ab eo flagitabatur, Cs.: id, quod ille me flagitat: amicum Largiora, H.: semper, ut convocaremur: (stomachus) pernā Flagitat refici, H.: quae sint ea numina Flagitat, V.
    * * *
    flagitare, flagitavi, flagitatus V
    demand urgently; require; entreat, solicit, press, dun, importune

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  • 4 petō

        petō īvī and iī （perf. petīt, V., O; petīstī, C., V.; petīsse, C., O.; petīssem, C., L, O.), petītus, ere    [PET-], to strive for, seek, aim at, repair to, make for, travel to: summum locum, Cs.: maris oras: navīs, take refuge in, N.: Troia peteretur classibus, V.: caelum pennis, fly to, O.: Grais Phasi petite viris, visited by the Greeks, O.: ille Reginam petit, turns to, V.: campum petit amnis, V.: mons petit astra, rises to, O.— To fall upon, rush at, attack, assault, assail, fly at, aim at, thrust at: Indutiomarum, aim at, Cs.: cuius latus mucro ille petebat: non latus, sed caput, aim at: Tarquinium spiculo infeste, L.: Mālo me, throw an apple at, V.: cui petit ungue genas, O.: Vos turba saxis petens, stoning, H.—Fig., to attack, assail: me epistulā: uter ab utro petitus insidiis esset, L.— To demand, exact, require: ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus: poenas ab optimo quoque sui doloris, i. e. exact satisfaction.—To demand at law, sue for, claim: unde petitur... qui petit, the defendant... the plaintiff, T.: qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit: alienos fundos.— To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat: flentes pacem petere, Cs.: Curtio tribunatum a Caesare, ask for Curtius: a te pro Ligario, intercede with you for: reus ut absolvatur: a te, ut, etc.—Of office, to solicit, be a candidate: nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.: ambitiose regnum, L.— To woo, court, solicit: ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur, S.: illam, O.: virgo ad libidinem petita, L.— To pursue, seek, strive after, aim at: fugā salutem, Cs.: praedam pedibus, O.: gloriam, S.: eloquentiae principatum: bene vivere, H.: conubiis natam sociare Latinis, V.: ex hostium ducibus victoriam, over, L.: imperium ex victis hostibus, L.— To fetch, bring, elicit, obtain, wrest, draw: E flammā cibum, T.: custodem in vincula, V.: a litteris doloris oblivionem: latere petitus imo spiritus, H.: gemitūs alto de corde petiti, O.— To take, betake oneself to, repair to: alium cursum, take another route: aliam in partem fugam, betake themselves to flight, Cs.— To refer to, relate to: Troianos haec monstra petunt, V.
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    petere, petivi, petitus V
    attack; aim at; desire; beg, entreat, ask (for); reach towards, make for

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  • 5 prēnsō

        prēnsō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [prehendo], to grasp, seize, catch, lay hold of: manu bracchia, H.: forcipe ferrum, V.: prensantes effugit umbra manūs, O.— To take hold of, catch, hold, check, detain, stop: prensantes veteranos cicatrices numerabant, L.— To sue for office, canvass: prensat Galba, is a candidate: patres, solicit, L.
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    prensare, prensavi, prensatus V TRANS
    grasp/clutch at/constantly; lay hold of; accost/buttonhole; canvass, solicit

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  • 6 rogō

        rogō āvī    (rogāssint, for rogāverint, C.), ātus, āre, to ask, question, interrogate: My. quid vis? Da. At etiam rogas? can you ask? T.: de istac rogas Virgine, T.: de te ipso: Dictura es quod rogo? T.: omnia rogabat: quem igitur rogem? T.: cum eos nemo rogaret: quae te de te ipso rogaro: Hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Ph.: ad ea, quae rogati erunt, respondere: Quodsi me populus R. roget, cur Non, etc., H.: quae sit, rogo, T.: rogavi pervenissentne Agrigentum?: Quid verum atque decens, curo et rogo, H.—In public life, to ask an opinion, call upon to vote: de re p. sententiam rogo: qui ordo in sententiis rogandis servari solet, in calling the roll (of senators): quos priores sententiam rogabat: omnes ante me rogati: primus sententiam rogatus, S.—Of a bill or resolution, to question concerning, bring forward for approval, propose, move, introduce: consules populum iure rogaverunt: ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, L.: nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, L.—To propose for election, offer as a candidate, nominate: populus regem, interrege rogante, creavit, on the nomination of: ut consules roget praetor: praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.: comitia rogando conlegae, L.: ad magistratūs rogandos proficiscitur, S.: ut duo viros aedilīs ex patribus dictator populum rogaret, L. —Of soldiers, with sacramento, to require answer under oath, bind by oath: (milites) consulis sacramento, Cs.: sacramento rogatos arma capere cogebat, swore them into the service and forced them, etc., L.—To ask, beg, request, solicit, implore: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut, etc., did not solicit in such a way.—Prov.: malo emere quam rogare, i. e. it is absurdly cheap.—With acc: hoc te vehementer: res turpīs: Otium divos rogat, H.: ab Metello missionem, S.: ambiuntur, rogantur, are asked for their votes: etiamsi precario essent rogandi: non suā sponte sed rogatus a Gallis, Cs.: cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc., was not begged for: legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium, Cs.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves: ut temptes dissimulare rogat, O.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Cs.: rogat frater, ne abeas longius, T.: ne quid invitus meā causā facias: euntem (eum) morari, Ct.—To invite, ask a visit from: Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit: Pomponiam.
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    rogare, rogavi, rogatus V
    ask, ask for; invite; introduce

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  • 7 adgredior

    ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

    adgredirier,

    id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).
    I.
    In gen.:

    ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

    adgredior hominem,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

    non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

    quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

    Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

    apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

    Damasippum velim adgrediare,

    to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

    legatos adgreditur,

    Sall. J. 46, 4:

    adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

    i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

    reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

    id. ib. 16, 4:

    aliquem dictis,

    to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

    aliquem precibus,

    to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

    animos largitione,

    id. H. 1, 78:

    acrius alicujus modestiam,

    id. A. 2, 26:

    crudelitatem Principis,

    spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—
    B.
    To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

    quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

    milites palantes inermes adgredi,

    Sall. J. 66, 3:

    adgressus eum interfecit,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

    aliquem vi,

    Sall. C. 43, 2:

    unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

    Liv. 23, 9:

    regionem,

    Vell. 2, 109:

    somno gravatum ferro,

    Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

    13, 333: senatum,

    Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

    inopinantes adgressus,

    Just. 2, 8.—
    C.
    To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

    quā de re disserere adgredior,

    Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

    quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

    id. 5, 111:

    quidquam gerere,

    id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

    si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

    ad dicendum,

    id. Brut. 37:

    ad crimen,

    id. Clu. 3:

    ad petitionem consulatūs,

    id. Mur. 7:

    ad faciendam injuriam,

    id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

    cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

    magnum quid,

    id. Att. 2, 14:

    in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

    id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

    adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    aliam rem adgreditur,

    Sall. J. 92, 4:

    adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

    Liv. 1, 42:

    opus adgredior opimum casibus,

    Tac. H. 1, 2:

    multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

    Liv. 24, 19:

    ad rem publicam,

    Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

    magnos honores,

    enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

    fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

    id. A. 2, 165:

    Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

    Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

    75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

    Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

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  • 8 aggredior

    ag-grĕdĭor ( adg-), gressus, 3, v. dep. [gradior] ( second pers. pres. adgredire, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 124; inf. adgrediri, id. Truc. 2, 5, 7:

    adgredirier,

    id. Merc. 2, 1, 24, and id. Rud. 3, 1, 9; part. perf. adgretus, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. Müll.), to go to or approach a person or thing (coinciding, both in signif. and constr., with adire; Horace never uses adgredi; Cic. and the histt. very freq.); constr. with ad or acc. (cf. Zumpt, § 387).
    I.
    In gen.:

    ad hunc Philenium adgredimur?

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 90:

    adgredior hominem,

    id. Curc. 2, 3, 59.—With loc. adv.:

    non enim repelletur inde, quo adgredi cupiet,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 63.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Aliquem, to go to or approach, for the purpose of conversing or advising with, asking counsel of, entreating or soliciting something of; to apply to, address, solicit, etc.:

    quin ego hunc adgredior de illā?

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 50:

    Locustam ego Romae adgrediar atque, ut arbitror, commovebo,

    apply to, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1:

    Damasippum velim adgrediare,

    to solicit, id. Att. 12, 33:

    legatos adgreditur,

    Sall. J. 46, 4:

    adgredi aliquem pecuniā,

    i. e. to attempt to bribe, to tamper with, id. ib. 28, 1:

    reliquos legatos eādem viā (i. e. pecuniā) adgressus,

    id. ib. 16, 4:

    aliquem dictis,

    to accost, Verg. A. 4, 92:

    aliquem precibus,

    to pray one, Tac. A. 13, 37:

    animos largitione,

    id. H. 1, 78:

    acrius alicujus modestiam,

    id. A. 2, 26:

    crudelitatem Principis,

    spur on, stir up, id. ib. 16, 18.—
    B.
    To go to or against one in a hostile manner, to fall on, attack, assault (prop. of an open, direct attack, while adorior denotes a secret, unexpected approach):

    quis audeat bene comitatum adgredi?

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

    milites palantes inermes adgredi,

    Sall. J. 66, 3:

    adgressus eum interfecit,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 2, 34:

    aliquem vi,

    Sall. C. 43, 2:

    unus adgressurus est Hannibalem,

    Liv. 23, 9:

    regionem,

    Vell. 2, 109:

    somno gravatum ferro,

    Ov. M. 5, 659; so id. ib. 12, 482;

    13, 333: senatum,

    Suet. Aug. 19; so id. ib. 10; id. Calig. 12; id. Oth. 6; id. Dom. 17:

    inopinantes adgressus,

    Just. 2, 8.—
    C.
    To go to or set about an act or employment, to undertake, begin (so esp. often in Cic.); constr. with inf., ad, or acc. —With inf.: adgretus fari, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 6 Müll.:

    quā de re disserere adgredior,

    Lucr. 6, 941; so id. 6, 981:

    quā prius adgrediar quam de re fundere fata,

    id. 5, 111:

    quidquam gerere,

    id. 5, 168; once in Cic. with inf.: de quibus dicere adgrediar, Off. 2, 1. —With ad:

    si adgredior ad hanc disputationem,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 3:

    ad dicendum,

    id. Brut. 37:

    ad crimen,

    id. Clu. 3:

    ad petitionem consulatūs,

    id. Mur. 7:

    ad faciendam injuriam,

    id. Off. 1, 7 fin. —With acc.:

    cum adgredior ancipitem causam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

    magnum quid,

    id. Att. 2, 14:

    in omnibus negotiis priusquam adgrediare (sc. ea),

    id. Off. 1, 21, 73:

    adgrediar igitur (sc. causam), si, etc.,

    id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

    aliam rem adgreditur,

    Sall. J. 92, 4:

    adgrediturque inde ad pacis longe maximum opus,

    Liv. 1, 42:

    opus adgredior opimum casibus,

    Tac. H. 1, 2:

    multa magnis ducibus non adgredienda,

    Liv. 24, 19:

    ad rem publicam,

    Vell. 2, 33.— Poet.:

    magnos honores,

    enter upon, Verg. E. 4, 48:

    fatale adgressi avellere Palladium,

    id. A. 2, 165:

    Jugurtham beneficiis vincere adgressus est,

    Sall. J. 9, 3; so id. ib. 21, 3;

    75, 2: Caesarem pellere adgressi sunt,

    Tac. Or 17: isthmum perfodere adgressus, Suet. Ner. 19; id. Calig. 13; id. Claud. 41.

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  • 9 ambio

    amb-ĭo, īvi, and ii, ītum, 4, v.n. and a. (although from the root eo, it is regularly conjugated throughout; hence part. perf. ambītus; but ambitio and 2. ambĭtus follow the quantity of the simple verb, eo, ĭtum; in the imperf. ambiebat;

    also ambibat,

    Ov. M. 5, 361; cf. Prisc. p. 910 P.; Zumpt, Gram. § 215).
    I.
    Lit.: aliquid, to go round or about a thing (syn. circumeo):

    ut terram lunae cursus proxime ambiret,

    Cic. Tim. 9:

    ambibat Siculae cautus fundamina terrae,

    Ov. M. 5, 361:

    jubet urbem ambiri,

    Luc. 1, 592.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To surround, encircle, encompass (syn.:

    circumdo, cingo): insula, quam amnis Euphrates ambiebat,

    Vell. 2, 101:

    ambitae litora terrae,

    Ov. M. 1, 37:

    Thracam nec purior ambiat Hebrus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13; Verg. A. 6, 550 (cf. Sen. Ben. 4, 5: flumina campos cingentia;

    v. ambitus, I.): funiculus ambiebat gyrum ejus,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 4, 2:

    muros praealtum mare ambiebat,

    Curt. 4, 2; so Tac. A. 1, 68; 15, 43; Suet. Aug. 95:

    (clipei) oras ambiit auro,

    Verg. A. 10, 243:

    ambiente (gemmam) circulo coloris aurei,

    Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 166:

    Judam suo ambiebat exercitu,

    Vulg. 2 Par. 13, 13.—
    B.
    T. t. to designate the manner in which candidates for office sought to procure votes (v. ambitio), to go round after, to solicit, canvass for votes (syn. peto):

    virtute ambire oportet, non fautoribus,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 18:

    quod si comitia placet in senatu habere, petamus, ambiamus,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 8:

    ambiuntur, rogantur,

    id. Rep. 1, 31; id. Planc. 4:

    singulos ex senatu ambiundo nitebantur, ne etc.,

    Sall. J. 13, 8.—With acc. of the office:

    magistratum sibi,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 74.—
    C.
    In gen., to solicit one for something, for his favor, friendship, etc., to strive for, seek to gain (syn.:

    peto, sector): qui ambīssent palmam histrionibus,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 69: nisi senis amicos oras, ambis, * Ter. And. 2, 2, 36:

    reginam ambire affatu,

    Verg. A. 4, 284:

    conubiis ambire Latinum,

    id. ib. 7, 333:

    te pauper ambit sollicitā prece Ruris colonus,

    Hor. C. 1, 35, 5:

    ambiebat Jason summum sacerdotium,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 7.—With ut or ne:

    ambienti, ut legibus solveretur,

    Suet. Caes. 18:

    ambirent multi, ne filias in sortem darent,

    id. Aug. 31.—With inf.:

    donec ultro ambiretur consulatum accipere,

    Tac. A. 2, 43:

    pauci, qui ob nobilitatem plurimis nuptiis ambiuntur,

    Tac. G. 18.

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  • 10 peto

    pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;

    Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:

    petistis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:

    petissem,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:

    petisse,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
    I.
    To fall upon any thing.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:

    invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,

    Cic. Or. 68, 228:

    cujus latus mucro ille petebat,

    id. Lig. 3, 9:

    non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,

    to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:

    aliquem spiculo infeste,

    Liv. 2, 20:

    aliquem mālo,

    to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:

    alicui ungue genas,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 452:

    aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    aëra disco,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:

    bello Penatìs,

    Verg. A. 3, 603:

    armis patriam,

    Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
    2.
    Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:

    grues loca calidiora petentes,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    Cyzicum,

    id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:

    Dyrrhachium,

    id. Planc. 41, 97:

    naves,

    to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:

    caelum pennis,

    to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:

    Graiis Phasi petite viris,

    visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:

    Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,

    attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:

    campum petit amnis,

    Verg. G. 3, 522:

    mons petit astra,

    towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:

    reginam,

    Verg. A. 1, 717:

    ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,

    id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:

    visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,

    to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:

    myrrham ad Troglodytas,

    id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:

    harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,

    id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:

    collis, in quem vimina petebantur,

    id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:

    quaeque trans maria petimus,

    fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):

    aiiquem epistulā,

    Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:

    aliquem fraude et insidiis,

    Liv. 40, 55:

    aliquem falsis criminibus,

    Tac. A. 4, 31.—
    B.
    To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
    1.
    In gen.:

    ita petit asparagus,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23:

    ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:

    aliquem in vincula,

    Quint. 7, 1, 55:

    aliquem ad supplicium,

    id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:

    ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,

    Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:

    postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,

    Ter. Eun. prol. 11:

    qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,

    Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;

    nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,

    id. Clu. 59, 163:

    qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,

    id. Mil. 27, 74.—
    b.
    To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:

    vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:

    a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:

    peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2:

    peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,

    id. ib. 9, 13, 3:

    petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,

    id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:

    petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,

    id. Sull. 19, 55:

    pacem ab aliquo,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    opem ab aliquo,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:

    vitam nocenti,

    Tac. A. 2, 31:

    petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,

    Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):

    arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,

    Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):

    si de me petisses, ut, etc.,

    Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):

    M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:

    in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,

    Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):

    eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,

    Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
    (β).
    Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):

    nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    consulatum,

    id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    praeturam,

    id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
    c.
    To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:

    libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,

    Sall. C. 25, 3:

    cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,

    Prop. 3, 13, 27:

    formosam quisque petit,

    id. 3, 32, 4:

    multi illam petiere,

    Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;

    Ne petitum aliunde eat,

    Cat. 61, 151.—
    d.
    To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:

    fugā salutem petere,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 4:

    praedam pedibus,

    Ov. M. 1, 534:

    gloriam,

    Sall. C. 54, 5:

    eloquentiae principatum,

    Cic. Or. 17, 56:

    sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,

    intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:

    bene vivere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:

    victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,

    Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:

    conubiis natam sociare Latinis,

    Verg. A. 7, 96:

    aliquem transfigere ferro,

    Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:

    ex hostibus victoriam petere,

    Liv. 8, 33, 13:

    supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,

    id. 28, 19, 11:

    imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,

    id. 30, 16, 7.—
    e.
    To fetch any thing:

    qui argentum petit,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:

    cibum e flammā,

    Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:

    altius initium rei demonstrandae,

    Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:

    aliquid a Graecis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:

    a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,

    to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:

    suspirium alte,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:

    latere petitus imo spiritus,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:

    gemitus alto de corde petiti,

    Ov. M. 2, 622:

    haec ex veteri memoriā petita,

    Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
    f.
    To take, betake one's self to any thing:

    iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    diversas vias,

    Val. Fl. 1, 91:

    alium cursum,

    to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:

    aliam in partem petebant fugam,

    betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
    g.
    To refer to, relate to ( poet.):

    Trojanos haec monstra petunt,

    Verg. A. 9, 128.

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  • 11 rogo

    rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. paragog. rogarier, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95:

    rogassint, for rogaverint,

    id. Leg. 3, 3, 9), v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. for progo; kindr. with Sanscr. prac, to ask, whence also precor and procus, but referred by Corss. to the same root with Sanscr. rgus, straight; Gr. oregô; Lat. rego, rex, rogus, Krit. Beit. p. 93], to ask, question, interrogate one about a thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (so generally throughout ante-class. Lat.; less. freq. in Cic.; syn.: percontor, sciscitor, quaero), constr. aliquem aliquid, or simply aliquem, aliquid, with de, a rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 393). ( a) Aliquem aliquid (class. only with acc. of neutr. pron. or adj., or with sententiam; v. infra, B. 1.):

    aliud te rogo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70:

    haud istuc te rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

    quin tu id me rogas,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 24:

    hoc te rogo, quos locos adisti?

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 85; cf.:

    rogare hoc unum te volo,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 17:

    dic mihi hoc, quod te rogo,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 16; id. Most. 3, 1, 130; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 1, 5, 64 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12 sq.:

    ego patriam te rogo, quae sit tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Respondit, etc.,

    Phaedr. 4, 17, 5. —
    (β).
    Aliquem or aliquid:

    quos rogo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 6:

    quem ego igitur rogem?

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 10:

    ecquem hominem tu novisti? te rogo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 15; men' or me rogas? also, rogas me? in colloq. lang., do you ask that of me? how can you ask? what do you mean by asking that? Eu. Quid ego facerem? Ch. Quid tu faceres? men' rogas? requireres, Rogitares, etc., id. Merc. 3, 4, 48; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 5; 4, 5, 32; id. Ad. 1, 2, 2; 4, 5, 31 al.; cf.:

    quid me istud rogas? inquam: Stoicos roga,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

    hoc quod rogo responde,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30; 5, 3, 30; id. Ps. 4, 2, 12 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23; Suet. Caes. 82.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    jam de istoc rogare omitte,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 90; so,

    de istac virgine,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

    de te ipso,

    Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—
    (δ).
    With interrog.-clause:

    rogant me servi, quo eam?

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 83: roga ipsum, quemadmodum ego eum Arimini acceperim, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 8:

    quodsi me populus Romanus forte roget, cur Non, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 70:

    quae sit, rogo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 97:

    rogo, num quid velit,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

    rogavi pervenissetne Agrigentum?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis? rogat et respondet,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    quid verum atque decens curo et rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 11. —
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    prius respondes quam rogo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

    roganti respondebo,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 17:

    non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum, sim, scio, si quis roget,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 180:

    quin tu ergo rogas?

    id. As. 1, 1, 15: Ty. Quid ego deliqui? He. Rogas? id. Capt. 3, 5, 2; so id. Rud. 3, 6, 22; id. Cas. 2, 3, 35; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 28; 38 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 136; 1, 2, 13; 1, 5, 32 al.; cf. Cic. Mil. 22, 59: etiam rogas? [p. 1599] do you dare to ask? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 97; id. Merc. 1, 2, 92; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23 (v. etiam). — Particularly as subst.:

    numquam nobis ad rogatum respondent,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 10. —
    B.
    In partic. (class. in all per.).
    1.
    Publicists' t. t.
    a.
    Rogare aliquem (sententiam), to ask one for his opinion or vote:

    Racilius Marcellinum primum rogavit. Is sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit,

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

    quos priores sententiam rogabat,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 35. — Pass.:

    cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    scito primum me non esse rogatum sententiam,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    primus rogatus sententiam,

    Sall. C. 50, 4:

    is enim primus rogatus sententiam,

    Liv. 37, 14; Quint. 6, 3, 97 al.:

    propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

    id. 3, 8, 18. —
    b.
    Rogare populum or legem, or absol., prop., to ask the people about a law; hence, in gen., to bring the plan of a law before the people for their approval; to propose a law, introduce a bill:

    in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: T. Quinctius Crispinus consul populum jure rogavit populusque jure scivit in foro pro rostris... quicumque post hanc legem rogatam rivos, specus, etc., an old legal formula ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

    plebem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    legem,

    id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; id. Phil. 2, 29, 72; cf.:

    quae (leges) non in perpetuum rogentur,

    Quint. 2, 4, 40. — Absol.:

    ego hanc legem, uti rogas, jubendam censeo,

    Liv. 10, 8 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 35. — Impers. pass.:

    nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet,

    Liv. 4, 2.—
    c.
    Rogare populum magistratum, and simply magistratum, to propose a magistrate to the people for their choice, to offer him for election:

    factum senatus consultum, ut duo viros aediles ex patribus dictator populum rogaret,

    Liv. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

    L. Trebonius tribunus plebis rogationem tulit, ut qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, is usque eo rogaret dum, etc.,

    id. 3, 65, 4:

    (Caesar) volet, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat: quorum neutrum jus est,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2; cf.:

    praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 9, 3:

    hodieque in legibus magistratibusque rogandis usurpatur idem jus,

    Liv. 1, 17:

    comitia consulibus rogandis habuit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 26, 22; 38, 42; cf. id. 23, 31; 22, 35:

    Calpurnius Romam ad magistratus rogandos proficiscitur,

    Sall. J. 29, 6.— Absol.:

    mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem, interrege rogante, comitiis curiatis creavit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: rogare milites sacramento, qs. to ask the soldiers if they will take and keep an oath, i. e. to bind them by an oath, administer an oath to them, Caes. B. G. 6, 1; Liv. 32, 26; 35, 2 fin.; 40, 26; cf. Quint. 12, 2, 26. —
    3.
    Jurid. t. t., to ask a person if he will promise something in making an agreement; to propose a stipulation:

    quod fere novissimā parte pactorum ita solet inseri: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, haec verba non tantum pactionis loco accipiuntur sed etiam stipulationis,

    Dig. 1, 14, 7, § 12; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37.
    II.
    Transf., to ask, beg, request, solicit one for a thing (so predominantly in the class. per.; syn.: posco, oro, obsecro, ambio, capto); constr. aliquem (rarely ab aliquo) aliquid, aliquem, aliquid, with ut, ne, or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quā confidentiā rogare argentum me tantum audes, Impudens? Quin si egomet totus veneam, vix recipi potis est, Quod tu me rogas,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 40:

    hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 43 fin.:

    nefas sit tale aliquid et facere rogatum et rogare... Haec igitur lex in amicitiā sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes nec faciamus rogati,

    id. Lael. 11, 39 sq.: otium divos rogat, Hor. c. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

    divitias deos,

    Mart. 4, 77, 1:

    a Metello missionem,

    Sall. J. 64, 1:

    ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops,

    Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

    rogo te, vos, etc., parenthet.: rogo te, videte, quibus hominibus negotium detis, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 26:

    rogo vos, quis potest sine offulā vivere?

    Suet. Claud. 40:

    illae Priami rogantis Achillem preces,

    Quint. 10, 1, 50: taurum de aquā per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

    ambiuntur, rogantur,

    are asked for their votes, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

    etiamsi precario essent rogandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

    transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

    ille ab Sardis rogatus ad causam accesserat,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:

    in proximum annum consulatum peteres, vel potius rogares... a quā (Galliā) nos tum, cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc.,

    was not begged for, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    abii ad praetorem, rogo syngraphum: Datur mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 6:

    aquam,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 2:

    legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

    aliquid ab aliquo (rare),

    Auct. Her. 4, 50; Sall. J. 64, 1:

    cultrum, securim, etc.... Quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

    ask for, borrow, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 18; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; Dig. 18, 6, 16.—
    (β).
    With ut or ne (so most freq.):

    scitin' quid ego vos rogo? mihi ut praeconium detis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 92; id. Stich. 1, 3, 93:

    id ut facias, vehementer te rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

    etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum juves,

    id. ib. 13, 66, 2:

    rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 72:

    cum rogat et prece cogit Scilicet ut, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2; Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; id. B. G. 1, 7:

    videbatur rogare, scalas ut darem utendas sibi,

    that I would lend, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 5; 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 3.— With a simple final clause without ut:

    Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 88; 9, 3, 68; Ov. Ib. 643; and very freq. ap. Plin. Ep.; e. g. 1, 2, 1; 1, 5, 8; 1, 20, 24; 2, 5, 2; 3, 2, 6; 5, 19, 8; 7, 6, 11; 8, 17, 6.—With ne:

    rogat frater, ne abeas longius,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 1:

    ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2. —
    (γ).
    Absol.: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut petere viderer, quia familiaris esset meus (Plancus), etc., did not solicit in such a way as to, etc., Cic. Planc. 10, 25 (differing from a):

    in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63:

    patrem et filium pro vitā rogantes,

    Suet. Aug. 13; cf.:

    pro aliquo,

    id. ib. 40; id. Vit. 12.—
    b.
    Esp., to invite, ask a visit from any one:

    Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1 fin.:

    Pomponiam Terentia rogat,

    id. Att. 2, 3, 3 fin. — With ad or in and acc.:

    ad Palatium,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1:

    in senatum,

    id. Heliog. 4, 1:

    ad convivium,

    Just. 43, 3, 10:

    ad nuptias,

    Amm. 14, 6, 24:

    in consilium,

    Gell. 14, 2, 9.—
    c.
    Prov.:

    malo emere quam rogare, of a thing that does not cost much,

    I had rather buy than borrow it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. supra, a and b. —
    2.
    In gen., to seek, bring, take:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 75:

    hujus (purpurae) exemplum aliunde rogabo, tibi quod ostendam (cf.: exemplum quaeritent, etc., in context),

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.

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  • 12 sollicito

    sollĭcĭto ( sōlĭ-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move; to distress, harass, make uneasy, vex, solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce.
    I.
    Lit., to stir, put in lively motion, move violently, disturb, shake, exercise ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Histri tela manu jacientes sollicitabant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 438 Vahl.): myropolas omnes sollicito;

    ubicumque unguentum est, ungor,

    keep them busy, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 10:

    nec fas esse, quod sit fundatum perpetuo aevo, sollicitare suis.. ex sedibus,

    Lucr. 5, 162:

    pinnisque repente sollicitant divum nocturno tempore lucos,

    id. 4, 1008; 2, 965: teneram ferro sollicitavit humum, stirred, i. e. by the plough, Tib. 1, 7, 30; so,

    tellurem,

    Verg. G. 2, 418:

    herbae, Quas tellus, nullo sollicitante (i. e. eam) dabat,

    Ov. F. 4, 396:

    remis freta,

    Verg. G. 2, 503:

    spicula dextrā,

    id. A. 12, 404:

    totum tremoribus orbem,

    Ov. M. 6, 699:

    stamina docto Pollice, pregn.,

    excite by handling, id. ib. 11, 169 (v. II. B. 1. infra):

    stomachum vomitu, alvum purgatione,

    to move, Cels. 1 praef. fin.: mox, velut aurā sollicitante, provecti longius, as if a breeze were moving us on, Quint. 12, prooem. 2:

    hic (spiritus naturae), quamdiu non... pellitur, jacet innoxius... ubi illum extrinsecus superveniens causa sollicitat, compellitque et in artum agit, etc.,

    stirs up, Sen. Q. N. 6, 18, 2:

    sollicitavit aquas remis,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2:

    lucus, qui primus anhelis sollicitatur equis,

    id. Idyll. 1, 3:

    seu remige Medo sollicitatur Athos,

    id. Ruf. 1, 336:

    Maenalias feras,

    to hunt, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14:

    ne salebris sollicitentur apes,

    Col. 9, 8, 3.—Of a river:

    cum Danubius non jam radices nec media montium stringit, sed juga ipsa sollicitat,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 9.—In mal. part., Ov. Am. 3, 7, 74; Mart. 11, 22, 4; 11, 46, 4; Petr. 20, 2.—
    B.
    To produce by stirring, excite, cause to come forth, to arouse, draw out (rare): radices in ipsā arbore sollicitando, by starting roots from the tree (cf. the context), Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 98; cf.:

    sollicitatur id in nobis quod diximus ante semen,

    Lucr. 4, 1037.—
    II.
    Trop., = sollicitum facere.
    A.
    With the notion of distress, to cause distress, anxiety, uneasiness, to distress, disturb.
    1.
    Of the body (very rare and poet.):

    mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum,

    distresses, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43. —
    2.
    Of the mind; constr. with acc. of person, with animum, etc.
    (α).
    To fill with apprehension, cause fear, suspense of the mind, and anxiety for the future; and pass., = sollicitum esse, to be distressed, to torment one's self:

    nunc ibo ut visam, estne id aurum ut condidi, quod me sollicitat miserum plurimis modis,

    Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 26: certo scio, non ut Flamininum sollicitari te, Tite, sic noctesque diesque, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1:

    jamdudum equidem sentio, suspicio quae te sollicitet,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 50:

    sicine me atque illam operā tuā nunc miseros sollicitarier?

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 6: egon' id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? id. Eun. 1, 2, 82; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 10:

    aut quid sit id quod sollicitere ad hunc modum?

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 54:

    me autem jam et mare istuc et terra sollicitat,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1:

    an dubitas quin ea me cura (pro genero et filio) vehementissime sollicitet?

    id. Fam. 2, 16, 5:

    multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 1:

    ne cujus metu sollicitaret animos sociorum,

    Liv. 45, 28 med.:

    cum Scipionem exspectatio successoris sollicitaret,

    id. 30, 36 fin.:

    desiderantem quod satis est neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc.,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 26; cf. Mart. 7, 54, 2.—With de:

    de posteris nostris et de illā immortalitate rei publicae sollicitor, quae, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.— Hence, like verbs of fearing, with ne, that ( lest):

    et Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, Aut uspiam ceciderit, etc.,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11:

    sollicitari se simulans, ne in ejus perniciem conspirarent,

    Amm. 14, 7, 9.—Also with quod, like verbs of emotion:

    me illa cura sollicitat angitque vehementer, quod... nihil a te, nihil ex istis locis... affluxit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 1.—
    (β).
    More rarely, to grieve, afflict, make wretched:

    istuc facinus quod tuom sollicitat animum, id ego feci,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 8:

    sed erile scelus me sollicitat,

    id. Rud. 1, 3, 19: cur meam senectutem hujus sollicito amentiā? why do I make my old age miserable by, etc., Ter. And. 5, 3, 16:

    haec cura (ob miserum statum rei publicae) sollicitat et hunc meum socium,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 331.—With subject-clause:

    nihil me magis sollicitat quam... non me ridere tecum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
    (γ).
    To disturb the rest or repose of a person or community, to trouble, harass, = perturbare:

    quid me quaeris? quid laboras? quid hunc sollicitas?

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 15; so,

    quae roget, ne se sollicitare velis,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 484:

    temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant, et semper sollicitant,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    anxitudo, prona ad luctum et maerens, semperque ipsa se sollicitans,

    id. Rep. Fragm. 2, 41, 68:

    quoniam rebellando saepius nos sollicitant,

    Liv. 8, 13, 13:

    finitimi populi, qui castra, non urbem positam in medio ad sollicitandam omnium pacem crediderant,

    to disturb the peace, id. 1, 21, 2:

    unde neque ille sollicitare quietae civitatis statum possit,

    id. 21, 10, 12; so,

    pacem,

    id. 34, 16 fin.:

    ira Jovis sollicitati prava religione,

    id. 1, 31, 8:

    ea cura quietos (deos) sollicitat,

    Verg. A. 4, 380:

    alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 4 (23), 2:

    eum non metus sollicitabit,

    id. ib. 9 (28), 4: (voluptas) licet alia ex aliis admoveat, quibus totos partesque nostri sollicitet, id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

    et magnum bello sollicitare Jovem,

    Ov. F. 5, 40:

    sollicitatque feros non aequis viribus hostes,

    Luc. 4, 665:

    ut me nutricibus, me aviae educanti, me omnibus qui sollicitare illas aetates solent, praeferret,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8: sollicitare manes, to disturb the dead by mentioning their names:

    parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 32; cf.:

    cur ad mentionem defunctorum testamur, memoriam eorum a nobis non sollicitari?

    Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 23.—Hence, pregn.:

    sollicito manes,

    I disturb the dead, Ov. M. 6, 699:

    sollicitare umbras = ciere, citare, in necromancy,

    Manil. 1, 93.—
    B.
    Without the idea of distress or uneasiness.
    1.
    To stir, rouse, excite, incite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor,

    Ov. F. 6, 10, 76:

    sollicitatque deas,

    id. M. 4, 473:

    vanis maritum sollicitat precibus,

    id. ib. 9, 683:

    quoque Musarum studium a nocte silenti Sollicitare solet, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. praef. 12: cupidinem lentum sollicitas,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 6:

    labris quae poterant ipsum sollicitare Jovem,

    Mart. 66, 16:

    me nova sollicitat, me tangit serior aetas,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 45:

    deinde (luxuria) frugalitatem professos sollicitat,

    Sen. Ep. 56, 10.—Hence,
    2.
    To attract, to tempt, to invite ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    si quis dotatam uxorem habet, eum hominem sollicitat sopor,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 15 Lorenz:

    nullum sollicitant haec, Flacce, toreumata canem,

    Mart. 12, 74, 5:

    cum, mira specie, feminarum sollicitaret oculos,

    Val. Max. 4, 5, 1 ext.:

    non deest forma quae sollicitet oculos,

    Sen. Ep. 88, 7:

    in his (praediis venalibus) me multa sollicitant,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 1:

    quibuscum delinimentis potest animos omnium sollicitat,

    Just. 21, 1, 5:

    omni studio sollicitatum spe regni,

    id. 8, 3, 8:

    in Graeciam Philippus cum venisset, sollicitatus paucarum civitatum direptione (i. e. spe diripiendi),

    id. 9, 1:

    sollicitati praeda,

    id. 23, 1, 10; 2, 13 fin.:

    te plaga lucida caeli... sollicitet,

    Stat. Th. 1, 27:

    magno praemio sollicitatus,

    bribed, Front. Strat. 3, 6, 4.—So, to attract the attention, occupy the mind:

    ut vix umquam ita sollicitari partibus earum debeamus ut non et summae meminerimus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 151.—
    III.
    Transf., to incite one to do something.
    A. 1.
    Absol.:

    servum sollicitare verbis, spe promissisque corrumpere, contra dominum armare,

    Cic. Deiot. 11, 30:

    non sollicitabit rursus agrarios?

    id. Phil. 7, 6, 18:

    sollicitant homines imperitos Saxo et Cafo,

    id. ib. 10, 10, 22: necare eandem voluit: quaesivit venenum;

    sollicitavit quos potuit,

    id. Cael. 13, 31:

    Milo... quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22: quos ingenti pecuniae spe sollicitaverant vestri (sc. to murder Philip), Curt. 4, 1, 12:

    ipsam ingentibus sollicitare datis,

    Ov. M. 6, 463:

    pretio sperare sollicitari animos egentium,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17; Liv. 2, 42, 6; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—So esp. milit. t. t.,= temptare (freq. in the historians), to strive to win over, tempt, instigate, incite to defection, attack, etc.:

    ad sollicitandas civitates,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63:

    Germanos Transrhenanos sollicitare dicebantur,

    id. ib. 5, 2; so id. B. C. 3, 21; id. B. G. 5, 55; 6, 2; 7, 53;

    7, 54: servitia urbana sollicitare,

    Sall. C. 24 fin.:

    nobilissimos Hispanos in Italiam ad sollicitandos populares... miserunt,

    Liv. 24, 49, 8:

    vicinos populos haud ambigue sollicitari,

    id. 8, 23, 2:

    ad continendas urbes, quas illinc Eumenes, hinc Romani sollicitabant,

    id. 37, 8, 5:

    num sollicitati animi sociorum ab rege Perseo essent,

    id. 42, 19 fin.:

    omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere,

    id. 42, 26 fin.; so,

    diu,

    id. 31, 5, 8; 40, 57, 2; 41, 23, 7;

    45, 35, 8: interim qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur,

    Curt. 5, 10, 9; Suet. Oth. 5; id. Ner. 13; id. Tit. 9; Nep. Paus. 3, 6.—
    2.
    With ad and acc.:

    in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitatis,

    Cic. Cael. 21, 51:

    servum ad venenum dandum,

    id. Clu. 16, 47:

    opifices et servitia ad Lentulum eripiendum,

    Sall. C. 50, 1:

    qui ultro ad transeundum hostes vocabant sollicitabantque,

    Liv. 25, 15, 5.—After in:

    cum milites ad proditionem, amicos ad perniciem meam pecunia sollicitet,

    Curt. 4, 11, 1.—
    3.
    With ut: civitates sollicitant [p. 1722] ut in libertate permanere vellent, Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 6:

    missis ad accolas Histri, ut in Italiam irrumperent sollicitandos, Liv 39, 35: Darei litterae quibus Graeci milites sollicitabantur ut regem interficerent,

    Curt. 4, 10, 16.—
    4.
    With gen., gerund., and causa:

    comperi legatos Allobrogum tumultus Gallici excitandi causa a P. Lentulo esse sollicitatos,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 2, 4.—
    5.
    With in and acc. (post-class.;

    the prevailing constr. in Just.): amicum in adulterium uxoris sollicitatum,

    Just. 1, 7, 18:

    Alexander in Italiam sollicitatus,

    urgently invited, id. 12, 2, 1:

    Iones sollicitare in partes suas statuit,

    id. 2, 12, 1:

    qui Peloponnenses in societatem armorum sollicitaret,

    id. 13, 5; so id. 13, 5, 10; 32, 4, 1; 29, 4, 5. —
    6.
    With acc. of abstract objects ( poet.):

    nuptae sollicitare fidem (= nuptam sollicitare ad fidem violandam),

    to make attempts against, Ov. H. 16 (17), 4; cf. id. Am. 3, 1, 50; id. M. 6, 463; 7, 721; id. P. 3, 3, 50.—
    B.
    In gen., without implying an evil purpose, to induce, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    antequam est ad hoc opus (historiam scribendi) sollicitatus,

    induced to undertake this work, Quint. 10, 1, 74:

    quae Hecubae maritum posset ad Hectoreos sollicitare rogos,

    Mart. 6, 7, 4:

    cum, sollicitatus ex urbe Roma (a Mithridate), praecepta pro se mitteret,

    Plin. 25, 2, 3, § 6:

    sollicitandi (parentes) ad hunc laborem erant,

    it was necessary to give inducements to the parents to undertake this labor, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1:

    cum juventutem ad imitationem sui sollicitaret,

    id. Cons. Helv. 10, 10:

    alios Orientis regis ut idem postularent sollicitare temptavit,

    Suet. Dom. 2:

    juvenum... corpora nunc pretio, nunc ille hortantibus ardens sollicitat dictis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 485:

    sollicitat tunc ampla viros ad praemia cursu celeres,

    id. ib. 6, 550:

    ut per praecones susceptores sollicitarent,

    Just. 8, 3, 8:

    Alexander in Italiam a Tarentinis sollicitatus,

    id. 12, 2, 1:

    avaritia sollicitatus (= permotus),

    id. 32, 2, 1:

    sollicitatoque juvene ad colloquium,

    allured him to the conference, id. 38, 1, 9:

    hoc maxime sollicitatus ad amicitiam,

    Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 85:

    serpentes sollicitant ad se avis,

    id. 8, 23, 35, § 85:

    hyaena ad sollicitandos canes,

    id. 8, 30, 44, § 106:

    velut vacua possessione sollicitatus,

    Just. 31, 3, 2:

    remansit in caelibatu, neque sollicitari ulla condicione amplius potuit (i. e. ad uxorem ducendam),

    Suet. Galb. 5:

    quod me, tamquam tirunculum, sollicitavit ad emendum (signum),

    Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 4:

    ut ex copia studiosorum circumspicias praeceptores quos sollicitare possimus (sc. ut huc veniant),

    id. 4, 13, 11.—With inf. ( poet.):

    finemque expromere rerum sollicitat superos,

    urgently implores to disclose the issue, Luc. 5, 69:

    cum rapiant mala facta bonos... sollicitor nullos esse putare deos,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36; cf.:

    sollicitat spatium decurrere amoris,

    Lucr. 4, 1196.—With ne:

    maritum sollicitat precibus, ne spem sibi ponat in arte,

    Ov. M. 9, 683.

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  • 13 circum-eo or circueo

        circum-eo or circueo īvī or iī, circumitus or circuitus, īre,    to go around, travel around, march around: flagrantīs aras, O.: fores, N.: urbem, L.: manibus trunci modum, to surround, O.: circumitis hostium castris, Cs.: unum, surround, O.: oleis pacalibus oras, encircles, O.: quā re circumirent, make a circuit, N.—To go around, visit, inspect: praedia: sancios, Ta.: vigilias, S. — In war, to surround, encircle, enclose, encompass: urbem muro circumiri, Cs.: multitudine circumiri, N.: ab iisdem acies a sinistrā parte erat circumita, Cs. —To go around, canvass: aciem, solicit, Cs.: ordines, Cs.: senatum, L.: veteranos, ut, etc.: circumibat docebatque, L. — Fig., to surround, encompass, encircle, enclose: totius belli fluctibus circumiri: ne superante numero circumiretur, Ta. —To deceive, impose upon, cheat, circumvent: Sic circumiri, T.

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  • 14 con-tendō

        con-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch, bend, draw tight, strain: arcum, V.: tormenta: vincla, V.: ilia risu, O.—To aim, draw, make ready: nervo equino telum, V.—To aim, shoot, hurl, dart, throw: Mago hastam (i. e. in Magum), V.: telum in auras, V.—Fig., to strain, stretch, exert: nervos aetatis meae: animum in curas, O.: ad hunc cursum (i. e. ad huius imperium), follow zealously, V.—To strive for, press, pursue, prosecute, hasten, exert oneself: id sibi contendendum existimabat, Cs.: hunc (locum) oppugnare contendit, zealously lays siege to, Cs.: summā vi transcendere in hostium navīs, Cs.: in Britanniam proficisci, Cs.: litora cursu petere, V.: voce ut populus hoc exaudiat: remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet, Cs.: ne patiamini imperatorem eripi: quantum maxime possem, contenderem: oculo quantum Lynceus, reach with the sight, H.—To march, press on, seek, journey hastily, hasten: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Cs.: huc magno cursu, Cs.: ad castra, Cs.: Lacedaemonem, N.: ad summam laudem maximis laboribus: quo contendimus, pervenire: nocte unā tantum itineris.—To measure together, compare, contrast: causas ipsas: leges: id cum defensione nostrā: ostro vellera, H.—To measure strength, strive, dispute, fight, contend, vie: proelio, Cs.: magis virtute quam dolo, Cs.: rapido cursu, V.: Moribus, H.: frustra, V.: iactu aleae de libertate, play for, Ta.: is liceri non destitit; illi contenderunt, kept bidding (at an auction): tecum de honore: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, S.: cum victore, H.: humilitas cum dignitate: Nec cellis contende Falernis, compete with, V.: contra populum R. armis, Cs.: contra vim morbi: de potentatu inter se, Cs.: non iam de vitā Sullae contenditur, the dispute is: proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Cs.—To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, seek: a me (ut dicerem), qui, etc.: a Pythio ut venderet: a militibus ne, etc., Cs.: hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur: ne quid contra aequitatem.—To assert, affirm, insist, protest, maintain, contend: hoc contra Hortensium: hoc ex contrario: contendam, eum damnari oportere: audebo hoc contendere, numquam esse, etc.: illud nihil nos... scientes fuisse, L.: quae contendere possis Facta manu, you might swear, O.

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  • 15 dē-precor

        dē-precor ātus, ārī, dep.,    to avert by prayer, deprecate, plead against, beg to escape, seek to avoid: ullam ab sese calamitatem: a me patriae querimoniam: nullum genus supplici: mortem, Cs.: inimici imperium, S.: sui periculi deprecandi facultas, Cs.: ignominiam, L.: primum deprecor, ne me, etc.: unum, ne se armis despoliaret, Cs.: non deprecor, quin, etc., Ct.: illam, i. e. curse, Ct.—To pray, plead with, apply to, solicit, offer a plea: quem deprecarere?: patres, ne festinarent decernere, L.: errasse regem deprecati sunt, plead in excuse, S.: pro filio patres deprecamur: neque illum se deprecari, quo minus pergat, L.: roget, deprecetur: merui, nec deprecor, inquit, V.—Supin. acc.: ad me deprecatum venire.—To pray for, intercede in behalf of: multorum vitam a Sullā: quos ad pacem deprecandam miserat: me a vobis.

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  • 16 efflāgitō

        efflāgitō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex + flagito], to demand urgently, request earnestly, solicit, insist: tribunicia potestas efflagitata est: notum ensem, V.: ab ducibus signum pugnae, L.: epistulam hanc efflagitarunt codicilli tui, required: a Dolabellā, ut se mitteret: a multis efflagitatus, dixit, etc.
    * * *
    efflagitare, efflagitavi, efflagitatus V
    request, demand, insist, ask urgently

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  • 17 īn-stō

        īn-stō stitī, statūrus, āre,    to stand upon, take a position: iugis, V.—To draw nigh, approach, be at hand, impend: partus instabat prope, T.: nox instabat, S.: ea quae videntur instare: instant ludi: cum illi iter instaret: quidquid subiti instat, Iu.: illud quod instet agi oportere, the subject in hand: quod instat, i. e. our purpose, V.: cum legionibus instare Varum, Cs.: quantae caedes Laurentibus instant, V.—To press upon, harass, molest, menace, threaten: comminus acriter, S.: rursus, Cs.: ferro: hinc Pallas instat, Hinc contra Lausus, V.: hostibus dubiis, S.: noli mihi instare: praecedentibus, H.: cedenti instaturus, L.: instantem regi cometen videre, Iu.—Fig., to urge, press, insist, pursue: quam ob rem urge, insta, perfice: addit et instat, H.: ille instat factum (esse), insists upon the fact, T.: accusatori.—To follow up eagerly, pursue, be intent upon, urge forward, drive: vox domini instantis, Iu.: Instant ardentes Tyrii, V.: instant operi, V.: talibus instans monitis (parens), Iu.: non ignarus instandum famae, Ta.: Marti currum, to work hard at, V.—To demand earnestly, solicit, insist upon: num ego insto? T.: unum de indutiis, make one demand, Cs.: quod te instante faciet, at your instance: instat Scandilius poscere recuperatores: tibi instat Hortensius, ut eas in consilium: profecto, si instetur, suo milite vinci Romam posse, L.

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  • 18 sollicitō (sōli-)

        sollicitō (sōli-) āvī, ātus, āre    [sollicitus], to disturb, stir, agitate, move, shake: tellurem, i. e. to plough, V.: remis freta, V.: stamina docto Pollice, strikes the strings, O.: Maenalias feras, hunt, O.: mala copia Aegrum sollicitat stomachum, distresses, H.: manes, disturb (of Boreas), O.—Fig., to disturb, disquiet, worry, trouble, harass: ne se sollicitare velis, O.: rebellando nos, L.: quietae civitatis statum, L.: ea cura quietos (deos) Sollicitat, V.: Parce, precor, manes sollicitare meos, O.— To fill with apprehension, make anxious, make uneasy, disturb, distress: Ego id timeo? Ph. Quid te ergo aliud sollicitat? T.: multa sunt quae me sollicitant anguntque: ne cuius metu sollicitaret animos sociorum, L.: Desiderantem, quod satis est, neque Tumultuosum sollicitat mare, Nec, etc., H.: de posteris nostris sollicitor: Quibus nunc sollicitor rebus! ne aut ille alserit, etc., in fear, lest, etc., T.: me illa cura sollicitat, quod, etc.— To grieve, afflict, make wretched, distress: Quor meam senectutem huius sollicito amentiā? make my old age miserable, T.: nihil me magis sollicitabat quam non me ridere tecum.— To stir, rouse, excite, incite, stimulate, solicit, urge, invite, exhort, move: Unicus est de quo sollicitamur honor, O.: Cupidinem Lentum sollicitas, H.: Cum rapiant mala fata bonos... Sollicitor nullos esse putare deos, O.: maritum precibus, ne, etc., O.—Esp., to incite, urge to evil, inveigle, seduce, stimulate, instigate, provoke, tempt, abet: rursus agrarios: quos ex aere alieno laborare arbitrabatur, sollicitabat, Cs.: ingentibus ipsam Sollicitare datis, O.: Sollicitati dulcedine agrariae legis animi, L.: ad sollicitandas civitates, to incite to revolt, Cs.: servitia urbana, S.: omnes sollicitatos legationibus Persei, sed egregie in fide permanere, L.: qui Persas sollicitarent mittuntur, Cu.: hos (Hilotas) spe libertatis, N.: nuptae sollicitare fidem, to attempt, O.: in servis ad hospitem necandum sollicitandis: se sollicitatum esse ut regnare vellet: legati tumultūs Gallici excitandi causā a P. Lentulo sollicitati.

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  • 19 triumvir or IIIvir

        triumvir or IIIvir virī, gen plur. ōrum or ūm, m    [tres+vir], one of three associates in office, a member of a board of three, one of three joint commissioners: Gracchum triumvirum coloniis deducundis necaverat, i. e. one of three commissioners to found a colony, S.: agrarius, L.: triumvir rei p., one of three dictators, to reconstitute the state, N.— Plur: triumviros agro dando creat, to distribute land, L.: capitales, superintendents of public prisons and of the police, L.: mensarii, commissioners of a public bank, L.: nocturni, fire-wardens, L.: senatus triumviros binos creari iussit, two recruiting boards, each of three members, L.: triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to solicit and register votive offerings, etc., L.: triumviri reficiendis aedibus, to rebuild the temples, L.

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  • 20 urgueō or urgeō

        urgueō or urgeō ursī, —, ēre    [VERG-], to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge: unda impellitur undā Urgueturque eadem veniens urguetque priorem, O.: urgueris turbā circum te stante, H.: urgues ruiturum saxum, i. e. roll up, O.: in obnixos urguentur cornua, V.— Poet. intrans.: urguent ad litora fluctūs, press, V.— To press upon, weigh down, bear hard upon, press hard, beset: legionem urgueri ab hoste, Cs.: hinc Pallas instat et urguet Hinc contra Lausus, V.: te, H.— To weigh down, burden, oppress, clog: onus iam urguentis senectutis: Quod latus mundi malus Iuppiter urget, H.: urgeri longā Nocte, H.: populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur, S.: urguens malum.— To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit: Milo unus urgebat: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo: nihil urget, is pressing.—To press upon, crowd, hem in, confine: urbem hanc urbe aliā: Quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urguet, V.—Fig., to press, ply, urge, insist: interrogando: illum neque ursi, neque levavi: sed urguetis hominum esse istam culpam non deorum.— To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on, drive: istam occasionem et facultatem: ius, aequitatem: Minyeīa proles Urget opus, O.: vestem, V.: Urget diem nox, H.: forum, i. e. frequent: altum, plunge into, H.: Marisque urges Submovere litora, hasten, H.: abrumpi dissimulationem urgebat, insisted, Ta.

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