I.to spend, pass, sc. time (for syn. cf.: ago, gero, facio—very freq. and class.).
(α).
With acc.: “a mane ad noctem usque in foro dego diem,” Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 3; so, “diem in laetitia,” Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 6: “aetatem,” Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 79; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 70; Cic. Rosc. Am. 52, 150; id. Fin. 2, 35, 118 al.: “omne tempus aetatis,” id. de Sen. 1, 2: “aevom,” Lucr. 2, 1094; 5, 173; “Cic. Fragm. ap. Augustin. Trin. 4, 2: vitam,” Lucr. 3, 313; Cic. Sull. 27, 75; Verg. A. 4, 551 al.: “quod reliquum est vitae,” Cic. Fam. 11, 28 fin.: “senectam turpem,” Hor. Od. 1, 31, 20: otia pacato in thalamo, Catull. 68, 104 al.—Pass.: “quantis periclis degitur hoc aevi,” Lucr. 2, 16; so, “aetas,” id. 4, 1178; Cic. Lael. 23, 87; id. Off. 1, 32, 117; id. N. D. 1, 19, 50: “vita,” id. Fin. 4, 12, 30; Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 5 al.—
(β).
Absol., to live (not freq. till after the Aug. period): “laetus deget,” Hor. Od. 3, 29, 42: “gentes sic degunt,” Plin. H. N. 12 prooem. § 1:“ certus procul urbe degere,” Tac. A. 4, 57: “sine nequitia,” Sen. Ep. 74; cf. Plin. 6, 17, 19, § 50; 6, 25, 29, § 112: vita humanior sine sale non quit degere, to continue, endure, id. 31, 7, 41, § 88.—
