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ōrō āvī, ātus, āre

1 os, to speak: talibus orabat Iuno, V.To treat, argue, plead: matronis ipsis orantibus, i. e. at the mediation of: causam capitis, plead: causas melius, V.: cum eo de salute suā, treat, Cs.: ipse pro se oravit, pleaded his own cause, L.To pray, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate: me surpite morti,’ orabat, H.: orando surdas aurīs reddideras mihi, T.: socer Non orandus erat, vi sed faciendus, to be made my father-in-law, not by entreaty but by compulsion, O.: gnato uxorem, request a wife for, T.: Quod ego per hanc te dextram oro, T.: illud te, ut, etc., O.: multa deos orans, V.: te oro, ut redeat, T.: te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.: oratos vos omnīs volo, Ne plus possit, etc., T.: quod ne faciatis, oro obtestorque vos: oro atque obsecro, adhibeatis misericordiam: et vocet oro, V.: istam, Oro, exue mentem, V.: Per deos oro . . . Este mei memores, O.: admittier orant (i. e. ut admittantur), V.: orantes primi transmittere cursum (i. e. ut primi transmitterent), V.: ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cuiusquam civis.—Parenthet., with te or vos, I beg, prithee: dic, oro te, clarius: ne illa quidem, oro vos, movent? L.

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