I.to send off or away, to remove: “aliquem foras,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 55; so id. Cas. prol. 62: “aliquo mihi est hinc ablegandus,” Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 54: “pecus a prato,” Varr. R. R. 1, 47: honestos homines, keep at a distance, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32: “consilium,” id. ib. 2, 2, 30: and in the pun, haec legatio a fratris adveutu me ablegat, this embassy sends me away from, i. e. prevents me from being present at, his arrival, id. Att. 2, 18, 3: “magna pars ablegati,” Liv. 7, 39.—With sup.: “pueros venatum,” Liv. 1, 35, 2.—As a euphemism for in exsilium mittere, to banish, Just. 1, 5; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 57.
ab-lēgo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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