Lewis Short
(verb) : ē-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3
* To carry out or forth, to convey out, lead forth (rare but class.).
* Lit.: omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20: aquas ex planis locis,Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224: stercus (with exportare),Cato R. R. 5, 8: merces (opp. inveho),Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.: incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,throwing themselves out, rushing out,Liv. 29, 34: naves in altum,id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.: aliquem ad aethera,Verg. A. 6, 130: ad auras,Ov. M. 14, 127: in caelum,Juv. 1, 38.
* Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread: evectus effreno equo,springing forwards,Liv. 4, 33: cf. longius,Tac. A. 12, 14: de nocte,Suet. Aug. 97 fin.: evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30: ad portum,id. 37, 15 fin.: in altum,id. 21, 50: ratibus ad regem,Just. 2, 6 et saep.: in ancoras evehi,to run foul of the anchors,Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place: evectus os amnis,Curt. 9, 9 fin.
* Trop.
* To carry forth, take out, spread abroad: ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,went forth,Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.: fama ejus evecta insulas,Tac. A. 12, 36: spe vana evectus,carried forwards,Liv. 42, 62; cf. inconsultius,id. 35, 31; and, longius,Quint. 9, 3, 87: magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18: evectus sum longius,I have made too long a digression,Amm. 15, 12, 6.
* In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate: quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,Vell. 2, 90; cf.: aliquos ad consulatus,Tac. Or. 13; and: imperium ad summum fastigium,Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.: ad magnum culmen,Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted: consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3: privatum supra modum evectae opes,increased,Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.: aliquem evehere summis honoribus,Spart. Hadr. 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary