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urgeo (less correctly urgueo ), ursi (
I.perf. rare; past part. not found), 2, v. a. Gr. ϝεργ-, εἵργνυμι, to shut in; Sanscr. varg-, vargami, prevent; Germ. Merk; Engl. work, to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge.
B. Transf.
1. To press upon (as something burdensome or compulsory).
c. To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit (syn. insto): “quod te urget, scelus, Qui huic sis molestus?Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 47: “etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo,Cic. Planc. 19, 48: “quamobrem, ut facis, urge, insta, perfice,id. Att. 13, 32, 1: Lepidus ursit me et suis et Antonii litteris, ut, etc., Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 4: “nihil urget,is pressing, Cic. Att. 13, 27, 2: “cur patrem non urserit ad exsolutionem,Dig. 23, 3, 33.—
2. To press, strain, exert in excess, etc.: “vox autem ultra vires urgenda non est,Quint. 11, 3, 51; cf. “orationem,id. 11, 3, 102.—
3. To press upon (by too great nearness), to crowd, hem in, confine: “ne urbem hanc urbe aliā premere atque urgere possitis,Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16: “vallis, quam densis frondibus atrum Urget utrimque latus,Verg. A. 11, 524; 7, 566: “quāque pharetratae vicinia Persidis urget,id. G. 4, 290.—
II. Trop.
B. To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on any thing: “eundem locum diutius,Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97: “quin tu urges istam occasionem et facultatem,id. Fam. 7, 8, 2: “jus, aequitatem,id. Off. 3, 16, 67: idem illud de provinciis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 3: “propositum,Hor. S. 2, 7, 6: “et durum terrae rusticus urget opus,Tib. 1, 9, 8; Ov. M. 4, 390; cf.: “non tacta ligonibus arva,Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 26: “vestem,Verg. A. 9, 489: “iter,Ov. F. 6, 520: “vestigia ad manes,Sil. 12, 419: “Romae cum sum et urgeo forum,am often in the Forum, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 4; cf. altum, to force or plunge into, Hor. C. 2, 10, 2.— Urgeri, with gen., to be hard pressed, prosecuted for any thing: “male administratae provinciae aliorumque criminum,Tac. A. 6, 29.—Poet., with inf.: “marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Summovere litora,Hor. C. 2, 18, 20.—Hence, urgens , entis, P. a. (acc. to I.B.1.), pressing, cogent, urgent (postclass. and very rare): “urgentior causa,Tert. Res. Carn. 2 med.: “urgentissima ratio,Cod. Just. 3, 11, 1.—Adv.: urgenter , pressingly (late Lat.), Cypr. Ep. 30, 1.
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