urgue
Dictionary entries
- Entry →urgueo, urguere, 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;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mulceri, ne saeua manus, ne liber habenis impetus. 'urgue alios,' inquit, 'stimulisque minisque; ille ibit, minus ipse uoles..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ferens, quam monstra ducum stirpemque profanam eloquar. en urgues (alium tibi, Bacche, furorem iuraui): similes uideo concurrere tauros..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mihi multa dei (nec tu sperare quod urgues desine), multa metus regnique uolubile pondus subiciunt animo. ueniet..."- P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...aquae, quaeque inminet, effugit arbor; aut petis aut urgues rediturum, Sisyphe, saxum; volvitur Ixion et se sequiturque fugitque..."