urgentem
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.
Examples
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...aestivare quotannis solebat, petit. Hic cum super urgentem valitudinem creberrimo frigidae aquae usu etiam intestina vitiasset..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...trementum remorum sonus et laetae concordia vocis. Iuppiter urgentem ceu summa Ceraunia nubem cum pepulit movitque iugis, fulsere..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ignes, testis ego attonitus, quantum me nocte dieque urgentem ferat: haud ulli vehementior umquam incubui, genetrix, iterataque vulnera..."