urgeri
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;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...potes tibi quid sit saepe mali, cum ebrius urgeris multis miser undique curis atque animo incerto fluitans errore..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...gradu sustineat. Etiam si premeris et infesta ui urgeris, cedere tamen turpe est: adsignatum a natura locum tuere..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...bella mei patriaeque biremes terrificant magnoque impar urgeris ab hoste? finge rates alias et adhuc maiora coire agmina..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tanto misceri putet, aeriam sed gurgite ab alto urgeri volucrum raucarum ad litora nubem. Ecce Sabinorum prisco..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...exaestuat imo. fama est Enceladi semustum fulmine corpus urgeri mole hac, ingentemque insuper Aetnam impositam ruptis flammam exspirare..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...barbam lascivi pueri, quos tu nisi fuste coerces, urgeris turba circum te stante miserque rumperis et latras, magnorum..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...legionis cohortatione ad dextrum cornu profectus, ubi suos urgeri signisque in unum locum conlatis XII. legionis confertos milites..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Tralles—Illyriorum id est genus—certamine cum urgeri uideret suos, et ipse rex cum equitatu in cohortem Romanam..."