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..."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..."