urgueo
urgueo, to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge
See: urguere
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.