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adigō ēgī, āctus, ere

ad + ago, to drive, urge, bring by force, take (to a place): pecore ex longinquioribus vicis adacto, Cs.—Of persons: te adiget horsum insomnia, T.: aliquem fulmine ad umbras, V.: Italiam vos? V.: arbitrum illum adegit, compelled to come before an arbiter.—Of things: tigna fistucis, to ram in, Cs.—Esp. of weapons, to drive home, plunge, thrust: ut telum adigi non posset, reach its mark, Cs.: viribus ensis adactus, V.— Poet.: alte volnus adactum, inflicted, V.—Fig., to drive, urge, force, compel, bring (to a condition or act): me ad insaniam, T.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem penuria adegit edendi, V.: adactis per vim gubernatoribus, pressed, Ta.—Poet.: In faciem prorae pinus adacta novae, brought into the form of a ship, Pr.—Adigere aliquem ius iurandum, or ad ius iurandum, or iure iurando, or sacramento (abl.), to put on oath, bind by oath, cause to take an oath, swear: omnibus ius iurandum adactis, Cs.: ad ius iurandum populares, S.: provinciam in sua verba ius iurandum, Cs.: populum iure iurando, L.: adiurat in quae adactus est verba, i. e. takes the oath under compulsion, L.

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