urgeat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →urgeo, urgere, ursi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
press/squeeze/bear hard/down; tread/traverse continually; push/shove/thrust;; spur on, urge; press hard in attack/pursuit, beset, follow hard on heels of;; hem in; threaten by proximity; press verbally/argument/point; follow up;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...dixerit iteret, ut argumentum ratione concludat, ut interrogando urgeat, ut rursus quasi ad interrogata sibi ipse respondeat..."Liber VI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nihil fero"; ut si quis ei quem urgeat fames venenum ponat cum cibo et aut abstinere eo quod..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Masinissae sit Iugurthamque ob scelera invidia cum metu urgeat, regnum Numidiae ab senatu petat. Avidus consul belli gerendi..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...paveant, ubi pertimuerint inpune contemni: dum superstitio urgeat, adiciendos ex duce metus sublatis seditionis auctoribus. promptum ad asperiora..."