abigas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abiga, abigae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Bio/medical
plant which has the power of producing abortion;
acc. pl. - Entry →abigo, abigere, abegi, abactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drive/send away/off; expel, repel; steal, plunder (cattle), rustle; seduce;; remove/cure (disease); drive away (an evil); force birth; procure abortion;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ades— fac Amphitruonem advenientem ab aedibus ut abigas; quovis pacto fac commentus sis. volo deludi illunc..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...livor dixerit esse meos, Ut facis, a nobis abigas, nec scribere quemquam Talia contendas carmina, qui legitur. Hunc..."XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...consilia blanditiis, veritas temperetur. alioquin non est, quod abigas, quod expellas; exasperant necessitates, et in amore contentio semper..."
