(v. a.P. a.) : ar-rŏgo (adr-, Fleck., B. and K., Dietsch, Halm, Weissenb.; arr-, Holder, Dinter; Keller uses both forms), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* Jurid. and polit. t. t.
* To ask or inquire of one, to question: Venus haec volo adroget te, * Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 45; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 2.—*
* Transf.
* To take a homo sui juris in the place of a child, to adopt (v. arrogatio), Gell. 5, 19, 4; cf. Dig. 1, 7, 1; 1, 7, 2; 1, 7, 22 al.—Hence
* To appropriate that which does not belong to one, to claim as one's own, to arrogate to one's self, to assume: quamquam mihi non sumo tantum, judices, neque adrogo, ut, etc.,Cic. Planc. 1: non enim mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil adrogo, ut, etc.,id. Rosc. Am. 32: sapientiam sibi adrogare,id. Brut. 85, 292: ego tantum tibi tribuo, quantum mihi fortasse arrogo, id. Fam. 4, 1 fin.: Quod ex alienā virtute sibi adrogant, id mihi ex meā non concedunt,Sall. J. 85, 25: Nihil adrogabo mihi nobilitatis aut modestiae,Tac. H. 1, 30: Nec sibi cenarum quivis temere arroget artem,Hor. S. 2, 4, 35.
* Poet.: alicui aliquid, to adjudge something to another as his own, to confer upon or procure for (opp. abrogare): Scire velim, chartis pretium quotus adroget annus,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 35: decus arrogavit,id. C. 4, 14, 40: nihil non arroget armis,adjudge every thing to arms, think every thing must yield to,id. A. P. 121.— Hence, arrŏgans (adr-), antis, P. a., acc. to II. A., appropriating something not one's own; hence, assuming, arrogant (syn.: superbus, insolens, ferox).
* Lit.: si essent adrogantes, non possem ferre fastidium,Cic. Phil. 10, 9: Induciomarus iste minax atque adrogans,id. Font. 12; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 60: ne arrogans in praeripiendo populi beneficio videretur,Caes. B. C. 3, 1: pigritia adrogantior,Quint. 12, 3, 12: adrogantissima persuasio,id. Decl. 8, 9.
* As a consequence of assumption, haughty, proud, overbearing, insolent (cf. arrogantia, I. B.): proponit inania mihi nobilitatis, hoc est hominum adrogantium nomina,Cic. Verr. 1, 6: de se persuasio,Quint. 2, 4, 16: crudelitas adrogans,Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2: dictum,id. Sull. 8, 25: consilium,id. de Or. 2, 39, 165: moderatio,Tac. A. 1, 3: adversus superiores tristi adulatione, adrogans minoribus, inter pares difficilis,id. ib. 11, 21: omnem adrogantem humilia,Vulg. Job, 40, 6: abominatio Domino est omnis adrogans,ib. Prov. 16, 5: beatos dicimus adrogantes,ib. Mal. 3, 15.—Adv.: arrŏgan-ter (adr-), with assumption, arrogantly, haughtily, proudly, insolently: aliquid dicere,Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339; id. Off. 1, 1, 2; Quint. 4, 2, 86: scribere,Cic. Att. 6, 1: aliquid praejudicare,id. ad Brut. 1, 4: petere,id. Lig. 10, 30: adsentire,id. Inv. 2, 3, 10: facere,Caes. B. G. 1, 40: adversarios sustinere, D. Brutus ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4: ingredi, * Vulg. Soph. 1, 9: consulere in deditos,Tac. Agr. 16.—Comp.: multo adrogantius factum,Suet. Caes. 79: insolentius et adrogantius uti gloriā artis,Plin. 36, 10, 36, § 71: adrogantius et elatius praefari,Gell. 9, 15.—Sup., Oros. 7, 25; 7, 35.