I.to bring, carry, or convey into, to bring in from abroad, to import (class.).
I. Lit.: “qui (D. Laelius) commeatus Bullide atque Amantia importari in oppidum prohibebat,” Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 5: “vinum ad se omnino importari non sinunt,” id. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: “ullam rem ad se,” id. ib. init.; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 3: “aere utuntur importato,” id. ib. 5, 12, 5; so, “frumentum,” id. B. C. 3, 42 fin.: “jumenta,” id. B. G. 4, 2, 2: “instrumentum balinei,” Vell. 2, 114, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 3: “grandines Septentrio importat et Corus,” Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126.—
II. Trop., to introduce, bring about, occasion, cause: “importantur non merces solum adventiciae, sed etiam mores,” Cic. Rep. 2, 4: “facile patior, non esse nos transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditos, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus, id. ib, 2, 15: si quid importetur nobis incommodi, propulsemus,” id. Off. 2, 5, 18; cf.: “plura detrimenta publicis rebus quam adjumenta per homines eloquentissimos importata,” id. de Or. 1, 9, 38: “calamitatem alicui,” id. Sest. 69, 146: “pestem aut incolumem famam alicui,” id. Deiot. 15, 43: “luctum alicui,” Phaedr. 1, 28, 6: “fecunditatem feminis, rabiem viris (vinum),” Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 116: “odium libellis,” Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 5: “(perturbationes animi) important aegritudines anxias atque acerbas,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34; so, “suspicionem,” id. Fil. Fam. 16, 21, 6: “fraudem aut periculum,” Liv. 39, 14, 4: “ignominiam (crimen),” Dig. 50, 2, 5.
