urgentis
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;
gen. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- G
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...victoriam, sed etiam veteranorum iustaeque militiae commoda polliceretur. Urgenti deinde terra marique hosti hinc fratrem cum classe..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adsentatur, citatior hortatur, interim laudat. Est et ille urgentis orationem gestus, vulgaris magis quam ex arte, qui contrahit..." 
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...opem, sed quos potes indue caestus.' Dixit et urgentis post saeva piacula fati nescius extremum hoc armis innectere..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...fessis longe petit umida palmis vellera, sed bibulas urgenti pondere vestes unda trahit levique manus labuntur ab auro..."