urgens
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...haec tum dicta iuvabunt.' Talibus Aeacides socios terroribus urgens inlacrimat multaque comas deformat harena. fata trahunt raptusque virum..."Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...uenere artes. labor omnia uicit improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas. prima Ceres ferro mortalis uertere terram..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...libertum Neronis Epaphroditum, mox ab eo ad Neronem, urgens periculum, graves coniuratos et cetera, quae audiverat coniectaverat, docet..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...memoria est. Ceterum ex eo praerupta iam et urgens dominatio: nam incolumi Augusta erat adhuc perfugium, quia Tiberio..."