suffrāgor, ātus, 1
* V. dep. n. [suffragium], publicists' t. t., to vote for, to support with one's vote and interest.
* Lit.: si nihil erit praeter ipsorum suffragium, tenue est; si, ut suffragantur, nihil valent gratiā,Cic. Mur. 34, 71: suffragandi libido,id. Leg. 3, 15, 34: convenerant undique, non suffragandi modo sed etiam spectandi causā P. Scipionis,Liv. 28, 38, 8.
* Transf., in gen., to be favorable, to favor, recommend, support (class.; syn.: faveo, studeo).
* With dat.: domus suffragata domino,Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; id. Planc. 1, 1: tibi Hortensius suffragatur, me oppugnat,id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 23: mihi videris fratrem laudando suffragari tibi,id. Leg. 1, 1, 1: cui legi istius spes falsa et insignis impudentia maxime suffragatur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 69, § 178: a te peto, ut dignitati meae suffrageris, Planc. ap Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2: laudi nostrae, Lentul. ib. 12, 14, 4: huic consilio suffragabatur etiam illa res, quod, etc., * Caes. B. C. 1, 61; cf.: voluntas defuncti ei sententiae,Dig. 32, 1, 95: pronuntiatio, cui suffragatur vox facilis,Quint. 11, 3, 40.
* Absol.: fortunā suffragante videris res maximas consecutus,Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 3: eximiam gloriam et dignitatem esse oportet in eo, quem homines ignoti nullis suffragantibus honore afficiant,Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 28: suffragante Theramene,Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; Val. Max. 4, 7, 6: si memoria suffragatur, tempus non defuit,Quint. 11, 2, 45; so, tempus,id. 11, 2, 48: cogitatio,id. 11, 3, 121: satius est se excutere et non suffragari,Sen. Ep. 118, 2.