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ē-gĕro , gessi, gestum, 3, v. a.,
I.to carry, bear or bring out, to lead or draw out, to discharge (not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “praedam ex hostium tectis,” Liv. 6, 3 Drak.; cf. id. 9, 31; 25, 25: “pecuniam ex aerario,” id. 30, 39 fin.: “fluctus (e navi),” Ov. M. 11, 488: “stercus e columbariis,” Col. 2, 14, 1: “humanas opes a Veiis,” Liv. 5, 22: “humum scrobibus,” Col. 2, 2, 19; Ov. M. 7, 243: “tantum nivis,” Liv. 21, 37: “silices umeris,” Plin. 33, 4, 21, § “71: aquam vomitu,” to discharge, void, vomit, Curt. 7, 5; cf. “dapes,” Ov. M. 6, 664: “urinam,” Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 102: “sanguinem,” id. 31, 6, 33, § 62; Ov. M. 10, 136: “multum vitalis spiritus,” Tac. A. 15, 64: “viscera sua,” Vulg. 2 Par. 21, 19.—Of inanimate subjects: “gravitas caeli egerit populos,” drives out, drives forth, Sen. Ep. 91.—
B. Poet. for efferre (I. B. 1.), to carry to the grave: (Phoebus) egessit avidis Dorica castra (i. e. Graecos) rogis (dat.), sent the Greeks to the funeral piles; acc. to others, exhausted, made empty the Grecian camp, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 34; Stat. Th. 1, 37.—
II. Trop.: tales pietas paritura querelas Egerit, pours forth, prodit, Luc. 2, 64; cf.: “iras ululatibus,” Sil. 4, 280: “sermones, i. q. edere,” Sen. Ep. 66, 4: “expletur lacrimis egeriturque dolor,” is expelled, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 38: “tota querelis Egeritur fletuque dies,” i. e. is passed, spent, Val. Fl. 8, 455: “noctem metu,” id. 5, 299: “animam,” Luc. 3, 718.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (24):
    • Old Testament, 2 Chronicles, 21.19
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.136
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.488
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.664
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.243
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.64
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.64
    • Lucan, Civil War, 3.718
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 39
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 25, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 6, 3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 37
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.299
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 8.455
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 66.4
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 91
    • Ovid, Tristia, 4.3
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.14.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.2.19
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.5
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