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gemo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : gĕmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, and
* A. [Gr. γέμω, to be full; hence].
* Neutr., to sigh, groan.
* Lit. (freq. and class.): accurrit ad me Incurvus, tremulus, labiis demissis, gemens,Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2: neque gementem neque plorantem,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 47; cf.: hos pro me lugere, hos gemere videbam,Cic. Planc. 42, 101: gemere desiderio alicujus,id. Pis. 11, 25: ah gemat in terris! ista qui protulit ante,let him groan in the lower world,Prop. 2, 6, 31; cf. id. 2, 25 (3, 20), 12. —Of mournful music: nullo gemit hic tibicina cornu,Juv. 2, 90; cf. trop.: surda nihil gemeret grave buccina (Vergilii),id. 7, 69.—Of beasts, to cry, make a mournful noise: (leones) gementes,Lucr. 3, 297: gemuit noctua,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 59: turtur ab ulmo,Verg. E. 1, 59.
* Act., to sigh over, bemoan, bewail any thing (freq. and class.).
* Of things, to groan, creak: visam gementis litora Bospori,Hor. C. 2, 20, 14: repleti amnes,Verg. A. 5, 806: et malus celeri saucius Africo Antennaeque gemant,Hor. C. 1, 14, 6: gemuit sub pondere cymba,Verg. A. 6, 413: stridunt funes, curvatur arbor, gubernacula gemunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 4: gemuit parvo mota fenestra sono,Ov. P. 3, 3, 10: gemens rota,Verg. G. 3, 183; Val. Fl. 6, 168.
* In gen., of animals, to utter complaints: feras cum hominibus gemere fecimus, Avien. Fab. praef. fin.; id. 26.
* With acc.: haec gemebant boni, sperabant improbi,Cic. Sest. 30, 66 fin.: dare, quod gemerent hostes,Lucr. 5, 1348: talia voce,Val. Fl. 5, 37: eandem virtutem istam veniet tempus cum graviter gemes, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: flebiliter Ityn,Hor. C. 4, 12, 5: tacite tristem fortunae vicem,Phaedr. 5, 1, 6: multa ignominiam,Verg. G. 3, 226: casus urbis,Juv. 3, 214.—In pass.: atque hic status est, qui una voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.
* With inf. (poet.): paucis ostendi gemis,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Stat. Ach. 1, 281: qui servum te gemis esse diu,Mart. 9, 93, 2: sane murteta relinqui ... Sulphura contemni vicus gemit,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 7.
* A. [Gr. γέμω, to be full; hence].
* Neutr., to sigh, groan.
* Lit. (freq. and class.): accurrit ad me Incurvus, tremulus, labiis demissis, gemens,Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44: cum diu occulte suspirassent, postea jam gemere, ad extremum vero loqui omnes et clamare coeperunt,Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2: neque gementem neque plorantem,Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 47; cf.: hos pro me lugere, hos gemere videbam,Cic. Planc. 42, 101: gemere desiderio alicujus,id. Pis. 11, 25: ah gemat in terris! ista qui protulit ante,let him groan in the lower world,Prop. 2, 6, 31; cf. id. 2, 25 (3, 20), 12. —Of mournful music: nullo gemit hic tibicina cornu,Juv. 2, 90; cf. trop.: surda nihil gemeret grave buccina (Vergilii),id. 7, 69.—Of beasts, to cry, make a mournful noise: (leones) gementes,Lucr. 3, 297: gemuit noctua,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 59: turtur ab ulmo,Verg. E. 1, 59.
* Act., to sigh over, bemoan, bewail any thing (freq. and class.).
* Of things, to groan, creak: visam gementis litora Bospori,Hor. C. 2, 20, 14: repleti amnes,Verg. A. 5, 806: et malus celeri saucius Africo Antennaeque gemant,Hor. C. 1, 14, 6: gemuit sub pondere cymba,Verg. A. 6, 413: stridunt funes, curvatur arbor, gubernacula gemunt,Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 4: gemuit parvo mota fenestra sono,Ov. P. 3, 3, 10: gemens rota,Verg. G. 3, 183; Val. Fl. 6, 168.
* In gen., of animals, to utter complaints: feras cum hominibus gemere fecimus, Avien. Fab. praef. fin.; id. 26.
* With acc.: haec gemebant boni, sperabant improbi,Cic. Sest. 30, 66 fin.: dare, quod gemerent hostes,Lucr. 5, 1348: talia voce,Val. Fl. 5, 37: eandem virtutem istam veniet tempus cum graviter gemes, Poët. ap. Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: flebiliter Ityn,Hor. C. 4, 12, 5: tacite tristem fortunae vicem,Phaedr. 5, 1, 6: multa ignominiam,Verg. G. 3, 226: casus urbis,Juv. 3, 214.—In pass.: atque hic status est, qui una voce omnium gemitur neque verbo cujusquam sublevatur,Cic. Att. 2, 18, 1.
* With inf. (poet.): paucis ostendi gemis,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 4; Stat. Ach. 1, 281: qui servum te gemis esse diu,Mart. 9, 93, 2: sane murteta relinqui ... Sulphura contemni vicus gemit,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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