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ad-jūro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to swear to, to confirm by an oath.—With acc., or acc. and inf., or ut.
I. Lit.: “eam suam esse filiam sancte adjurabat mihi,” Plaut. Cist. 2, 3, 27; Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 26: “adjurasque id te me invito non esse facturum,” Cic. Phil. 2, 9; id. Q. Fr. 2, 8; 3, 5; id. 9, 19; Liv. 7, 5; Suet. Aug. 31; id. Ner. 24; id. Tit. 9; Ov. H. 20, 159; Stat. Th. 7, 129; Just. 24, 2.—Absol.: “adjurat,” Cic. Att. 2, 20.—
II. Transf.
A. To swear by any person or thing: “per omnes deos adjuro, ut, etc.,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 8: “per omnes tibi adjuro deos numquam eam me deserturum,” Ter. And. 4, 2, 11; Cic. Phil. 2, 4.—In the poetry of the Aug. per. after the manner of the Greek, with the acc. of that by which one swears (cf. ὄμνυμι τοὺς θεούς, in L. and S.): “adjuro Stygii caput implacabile fontis,” Verg. A. 12, 816: “adjuro teque tuomque caput,” Cat. 66, 40.—
B. To swear to something in addition: “censores edixerunt, ut praeter commune jus jurandum haec adjurarent, etc.,” Liv. 43, 14.—
C. In later Lat., to conjure or adjure, to beg or entreat earnestly: “adjuratum esse in senatu Tacitum, ut optimum aliquem principem faceret,” Vop. Flor. 1.—
D. In the Church Fathers, to adjure (in exorcising): “daemones Dei nomine adjurati de corporibus excedunt,” Lact. 2, 15.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.20
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.8
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.4
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.9
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.6
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.816
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 31
    • Suetonius, Nero, 24
    • Suetonius, Divus Titus, 9
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 2.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 43, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 5
    • Statius, Thebias, 7
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