adigo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

adigō ēgī, āctus, ere

ad + ago, to drive, urge, bring by force, take (to a place): pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto, Cs.—Of persons: te adiget horsum insomnia, T.: aliquem fulmine ad umbras, V.: Italiam vos?V.: arbitrum illum adegit, compelled to come before an arbiter .—Of things: tigna fistucis, to ram in , Cs.—Esp. of weapons, to drive home, plunge, thrust : ut telum adigi non posset, reach its mark , Cs.: viribus ensis adactus, V.— Poet.: alte volnus adactum, inflicted , V.—Fig., to drive, urge, force, compel, bring (to a condition or act): me ad insaniam, T.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi, V.: adactis per vim gubernatoribus, pressed , Ta.—Poet.: In faciem prorae pinus adacta novae, brought into the form of a ship , Pr.—Adigere aliquem ius iurandum, or ad ius iurandum, or iure iurando, or sacramento (abl.), to put on oath, bind by oath, cause to take an oath, swear : omnibus ius iurandum adactis, Cs.: ad ius iurandum populares, S.: provinciam in sua verba ius iurandum, Cs.: populum iure iurando, L.: adiurat in quae adactus est verba, i. e. takes the oath under compulsion , L.

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