The corpus record — Latin

abigo

abigo · v. a

to drive away

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Where it lives

Divus Vespasianus 2 · 6.25/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Truculentus 3 · 3.66/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 2.45/10k
De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Amphitruo 2 · 2.03/10k
De Cultu Feminarum 1 · 1.95/10k
Thebais 12 · 1.92/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ăb-ĭgo — Lewis & Short

ăb-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a.ago,

I to drive away.

I Lit.

A In gen.: abigam jam ego illum advenientem ab aedibus, I will drive him away as soon as he comes, Plaut. Am. prol. 150: jam hic me abegerit suo odio, he will soon drive me away, id. As. 2, 4, 40; so Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 60 al.: uxorem post divortium, to remove from the house, Suet. Tib. 7.—

B In partic.

1 To drive away cattle: familias abripuerunt, pecus abegerunt, Cic. Pis. 34; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 10; 3, 23; Liv. 1, 7, 4; 4, 21; Curt. 5, 13 al.—

2 Medic. t. t.

a To remove a disease: febres, Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 106; 30, 11, 30 fin.: venenatorum morsus, id. 20, 5, 19.—

b To force birth, procure abortion: partum medicamentis, Cic. Clu. 11; so Plin. 14, 18, 22; Tac. A. 14, 63; Suet. Dom. 22 al. —

II Trop., to drive away an evil, get rid of a nuisance: pestem a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.): lassitudinem abs te, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 3: curas, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 19: pauperiem epulis regum, id. S. 2, 2, 44 al.—Hence, ăbactus, a, um, P. a.

A Of magistrates, driven away, forced to resign their office, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.—

B Abacta nox, i. q. finita, finished, passed, Verg. A. 8, 407.—

C Abacti oculi, poet., deep, sunken, Stat. Th. 1, 104.

In the wild

abiguntque Statius, Thebais 10.92
abegisse Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 10.4.3
abigunt Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 27.12.p2
abigatque Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 15.94.55
abigam Silius Italicus, Punica 2.230
abegit Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.57

6 of 187 attestations shown.

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