immigro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

immī̆gro (inm-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [in-migro], to remove or go into (rare but class.).

I Lit.: et in domum et in paternos hortos immigrabit, Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 34: in tam insolitum domicilium, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58: ubi illo (i. e. in aedes) immigrat, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 23.—

II Trop.: pleraque (verba) translata: sic tamen, ut ea non irruisse in alienum locum, sed immigrasse in suum diceres, Cic. Brut. 79, 274: nulla res publica fuit, in quam tam serae avaritia luxuriaque immigraverint, Liv. prooem. § 11: posteaque immigravi in ingenium meum, i. e. gave myself up to it (the fig. being taken from a house; v. the passage in connection). Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 55.

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