dĕ-hortor, ātus, 1 (
* Per tmesin de me hortatur, Enn., v.the foll.), v. dep. a., to advise to the contrary; to dissuade (rare but class.): res ipsa me aut invitabit aut dehortabitur, * Cic Pis. 39, 94: multa me dehortantur a vobis,dissuade me from espousing your cause,Sall. J. 31: Hannibal audaci tum pectore de me hortatur, Ne bellum faciam, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 9, and ap. Non. 195, 21; so, me ne darem,Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 17.—With inf.: multa me dehortata sunt huc prodire, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 15: plura de Jugurtha scribere dehortatur me fortuna mea,Sall. J. 24, 4; Tac. A. 3, 16.

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