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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."