ingemo

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

in-gĕmo, ŭi, 3, v. a. and n., to groan or sigh over a thing; to mourn over, lament, bewail.

I Act. : alicujus interitum, Verg. E. 5, 27: caesos ingemunt nati patres, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1758: jacentem, Stat. Th. 9, 2.— With inf.: ingemuit citro non satis esse suo, Mart. 9, 60, 10.—

II Neutr. , to mourn , groan , wail , lament : in aliqua re, Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64: agris, Tac. G. 46.—With dat.: exsiliis alicujus, Ov. P. 2, 5, 8: ingemens laboribus, Hor. Epod. 5, 31: conditioni suae, Liv. 36, 28, 9; Suet. Vesp. 15: aratro, Verg. G. 1, 46.—

B Transf., of inanim. things: ingemuit solum, Ov. M. 14, 407: limen, id. ib. 4, 450: omne nemus ingemuit alis, Val. Fl. 1, 577.

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