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frĕquento , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. frequens.
I. (Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.): “sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1: “juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,Sall. C. 14, 7: “domum alicujus,Quint. 12, 11, 5: “(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,Suet. Vesp. 2: “scholam alicujus,id. Gram. 7: “dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,Ov. M. 10, 169: “plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6: “juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.: “istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.: “ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16: “si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: “quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,Sall. J. 17, 2: “tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40: “haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85: “turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,Ov. H. 12, 143: “memoriam alicujus,to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2: “exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1: “nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25: “prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),be repeated, Pall. 1, 15: “verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.: “quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 3. —
II. (Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).
A. In gen.: “urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15: “Italiae solitudinem frequentari,id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46: “templa frequentari nunc decet,to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213: “piscinas,id. 8, 16, 2: “castaneta,id. 4, 33, 3: “vineam,id. 4, 15, 1: “quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15: “populum,id. Dom. 33, 89: “acervatim multa frequentans,crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.: “tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,id. de Or. 3, 52, 201: “digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—
B. In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40: “nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,Liv. 36, 39: “sacra,Ov. M. 4, 37: “ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,Tac. A. 3, 48.—
2. Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep: “Baccheaque sacra frequento,Ov. M. 3, 691: “festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.: “dies sollennes,Suet. Aug. 53: “quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,id. Tib. 32: “Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus , a, um, P. a.
A. Frequent, common, much used: “pavimenta,Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185: “gemma reginis,id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—*
B. Full of, rich or abounding in: “aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto , frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.21.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.19.4
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    • Cicero, On his House, 33.89
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 10.169
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    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.18
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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.38
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 53
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 32
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 2
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    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 14
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    • Cicero, Brutus, 95.325
    • Cicero, Orator, 25.85
    • Cicero, Orator, 27.94
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.27
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