ăb-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive away.
I Lit.
A In gen.: abigam jam ego illum advenientem ab aedibus, I will drive him away as soon as he comes , Plaut. Am. prol. 150: jam hic me abegerit suo odio, he will soon drive me away , id. As. 2, 4, 40; so Ter. Ad. 401; Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 60 al.: uxorem post divortium, to remove from the house , Suet. Tib. 7.—
B In partic.
1 To drive away cattle: familias abripuerunt, pecus abegerunt, Cic. Pis. 34; so id. Verr. 2, 1, 10; 3, 23; Liv. 1, 7, 4; 4, 21; Curt. 5, 13 al.—
2 Medic. t. t.
a To remove a disease: febres, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 106; 30, 11, 30, 104 fin. : venenatorum morsus, id. 20, 5, 19, 38.—
b To force birth , procure abortion : partum medicamentis, Cic. Clu. 11; so Plin. 14, 18, 22, 116; Tac. A. 14, 63; Suet. Dom. 22 al. —
II Trop., to drive away an evil, get rid of a nuisance: pestem a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.): lassitudinem abs te, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 3: curas, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 19: pauperiem epulis regum, id. S. 2, 2, 44 al.
IX —Hence, ăbactus , a, um, P. a.
A Of magistrates, driven away , forced to resign their office, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.—
B Abacta nox, i. q. finita, finished , passed , Verg. A. 8, 407.—
C Abacti oculi, poet., deep , sunken , Stat. Th. 1, 104.