verge
verge
subs.
Use adj. P. and V. ἔσχᾰτος, ἄκρος, in agreement with substantive.
We are come to the utmost verge of ruin: V. ἐς ἄκραν ἥκομεν γράμμην κακῶν (Eur. Frag.); see extremity.
Be on the verge of be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν (infin.).
On the verge of, all but: P. and V. ὅσον οὐ.
subs.
Use adj. P. and V. ἔσχᾰτος, ἄκρος, in agreement with substantive.
We are come to the utmost verge of ruin: V. ἐς ἄκραν ἥκομεν γράμμην κακῶν (Eur. Frag.); see extremity.
Be on the verge of be about to: P. and V. μέλλειν (infin.).
On the verge of, all but: P. and V. ὅσον οὐ.
verge
v. intrans.
Face, look: P. τετράφθαι (perf. pass. of τρέπειν); see face.
Tend: P. and V. τείνειν, νεύειν, ῥέπειν, P. συντείνειν.
Verge on, tend towards: P. and V. τείνειν (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.); see tend.
Border on: P. ἔχεσθαι (gen.).
v. intrans.
Face, look: P. τετράφθαι (perf. pass. of τρέπειν); see face.
Tend: P. and V. τείνειν, νεύειν, ῥέπειν, P. συντείνειν.
Verge on, tend towards: P. and V. τείνειν (πρός, acc. or εἰς, acc.); see tend.
Border on: P. ἔχεσθαι (gen.).
VERGE
s. margo; ora (edge border): finis; confinium (boundary limit). Figuratively To be on the verge of death capulo vicinum esse; capularem esse (Servius Verg. Aen. 6 222: Plaut. Mil. 3 1 33): in extrema regula (not tegula) stare; extrema tangere (by a figure from the race-course; Vid: Sen. Ep. 12 4 Ruhnken and 26 1): in praecipiti esse (i.e. to stand on the brink of a precipice to be in extreme danger; Celsus 2 6). He seems to me to be on the verge of death videtur mihi prosequi se (i.e. to be attending his own funeral Sen. Ep. 30 4). To be on the verge of ruin or destruction in summo discrimine esse or versari: to lead anybody to the verge of ruin aliquem in locum praecipitem perducere.
s. margo; ora (edge border): finis; confinium (boundary limit). Figuratively To be on the verge of death capulo vicinum esse; capularem esse (Servius Verg. Aen. 6 222: Plaut. Mil. 3 1 33): in extrema regula (not tegula) stare; extrema tangere (by a figure from the race-course; Vid: Sen. Ep. 12 4 Ruhnken and 26 1): in praecipiti esse (i.e. to stand on the brink of a precipice to be in extreme danger; Celsus 2 6). He seems to me to be on the verge of death videtur mihi prosequi se (i.e. to be attending his own funeral Sen. Ep. 30 4). To be on the verge of ruin or destruction in summo discrimine esse or versari: to lead anybody to the verge of ruin aliquem in locum praecipitem perducere.
v. proximum finitimum vicinum esse alicui or rei; tangere attingere (terram).
verge (subs.):
. Lit.:
1. margo, ĭnis: of a fountain, Ov. M. 3, 162: Juv. 3, 19: at the empires extremest v., in imperii m., Ov. Tr. 2, 200: v.EDGE , BRINK .
2. ōra (border, edge): of a shield, Virg. Aen. 10, 243: Lucr.: the v. of the universe, extrema o. mundi, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101.
3. fīnis: v.BOUNDARY , LIMIT .
II. Fig. Phr.: he is on the v. of madness, assidet insano, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14: he had brought the state to the v. of ruin, prope totam rem publicam in praeceps dederat, Liv. 27, 27, ad fin.: to restore a sick person from the v. of death, aegrum ex praecipiti levare, Hor. S. 2, 3, 292: to be on the v. of ruin, extrema tegula (Lips. regula) stare, Sen. Ep. 12, 4: on the v. of despair, in extrema spe salutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: so much on the v. of death, tam capularis, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 33.
III. A rod of office: may be expr. by fasces, pl.: or vindicta, festūca (the rod of manumission): v.ROD .
. Lit.:
1. margo, ĭnis: of a fountain, Ov. M. 3, 162: Juv. 3, 19: at the empires extremest v., in imperii m., Ov. Tr. 2, 200: v.
2. ōra (border, edge): of a shield, Virg. Aen. 10, 243: Lucr.: the v. of the universe, extrema o. mundi, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 101.
3. fīnis: v.
II. Fig. Phr.: he is on the v. of madness, assidet insano, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 14: he had brought the state to the v. of ruin, prope totam rem publicam in praeceps dederat, Liv. 27, 27, ad fin.: to restore a sick person from the v. of death, aegrum ex praecipiti levare, Hor. S. 2, 3, 292: to be on the v. of ruin, extrema tegula (Lips. regula) stare, Sen. Ep. 12, 4: on the v. of despair, in extrema spe salutis, Caes. B. G. 2, 27: so much on the v. of death, tam capularis, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 33.
III. A rod of office: may be expr. by fasces, pl.: or vindicta, festūca (the rod of manumission): v.
verge (v.):
I. To incline, slope:
1. vergo, 3: the hill v.d towards the river, collis ad flumen v., Caes. B. G. 2, 18, init.: Cic.
2. inclīno, 1 (with pron. reflect., pass., or neut.): when day was v.ing towards afternoon, inclinato in postmeridianum tempus die, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: the sun v.d downwards, sol se i., Liv. 9, 32: sol i., Juv. 3, 316: v.TO SLOPE .
II. Fig.: to incline, tend: vergo, 3: now that his life was v.ing to its close, vergente jam senecta, Tac. A. 4, 41: suam aetatem vergere, ib. 2, 43: v.TO TEND . Phr.: the science of dialectic v.s upon eloquence, dialectorum scientia vicina et finitissima eloquentiae, Cic. Or. 32, 113, v.ing closely upon truth, proxima veris, Hor. A. P. 338: to v. upon, may be expr. by non multum distare, differre, diversum esse, etc.: v. TO BORDER UPON .
I. To incline, slope:
1. vergo, 3: the hill v.d towards the river, collis ad flumen v., Caes. B. G. 2, 18, init.: Cic.
2. inclīno, 1 (with pron. reflect., pass., or neut.): when day was v.ing towards afternoon, inclinato in postmeridianum tempus die, Cic. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: the sun v.d downwards, sol se i., Liv. 9, 32: sol i., Juv. 3, 316: v.
II. Fig.: to incline, tend: vergo, 3: now that his life was v.ing to its close, vergente jam senecta, Tac. A. 4, 41: suam aetatem vergere, ib. 2, 43: v.