urgueo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

urgueō or urgeō ursī, —, ēre

VERG-, to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge : unda impellitur undā Urgueturque eadem veniens urguetque priorem, O.: urgueris turbā circum te stante, H.: urgues ruiturum saxum, i. e. roll up , O.: in obnixos urguentur cornua, V.— Poet. intrans. : urguent ad litora fluctūs, press , V.— To press upon, weigh down, bear hard upon, press hard, beset : legionem urgueri ab hoste, Cs.: hinc Pallas instat et urguet Hinc contra Lausus, V.: te, H.— To weigh down, burden, oppress, clog : onus iam urguentis senectutis: Quod latus mundi malus Iuppiter urget, H.: urgeri longā Nocte, H.: populus militiā atque inopiā urguebatur, S.: urguens malum.— To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit : Milo unus urgebat: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo: nihil urget, is pressing.—To press upon, crowd, hem in, confine : urbem hanc urbe aliā: Quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urguet, V.—Fig., to press, ply, urge, insist : interrogando: illum neque ursi, neque levavi: sed urguetis hominum esse istam culpam non deorum.— To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on, drive : istam occasionem et facultatem: ius, aequitatem: Minyeīa proles Urget opus, O.: vestem, V.: Urget diem nox, H.: forum, i. e. frequent : altum, plunge into , H.: Marisque urges Submovere litora, hasten , H.: abrumpi dissimulationem urgebat, insisted , Ta.