ē-rŏgo — Lewis & Short
ē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Orig., a pub. law t. t., to expend, pay out money from the public treasury, after asking the consent of the people:
pecunias ex aerario,Cic. Vat. 12; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71; 2, 5, 19; id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4, § 14; Liv. 22, 23; 33, 47 al.; cf.:
pecuniam in classem,Cic. Fl. 13:
in aes alienum,id. Att. 6, 1, 21:
unde in eos sumptus, pecunia erogaretur,Liv. 1, 20; Vulg. Marc. 5, 26.—
B Transf. beyond the pub. law sphere, to pay, pay out, disburse, expend (cf.:
pendo, expendo, perpendo, pondero, solvo, luo): Tironem Curio commendes, ut ei, si quid opus erit, in sumptum eroget,Cic. Att. 8, 5 fin.:
aliquid in pretium servi,Dig. 25, 2, 36 fin.:
bona sua in fraudem futurae actionis,to squander, ib. 17, 2, 68:
grandem pecuniam in Tigellinum,to bequeath, Tac. A. 16, 17; cf.:
in Tiridatem erogavit,Suet. Ner. 30:
odores, unguenta ad funus,Dig. 15, 3, 7:
nihil de bonis,ib. 24, 1, 5 fin.; cf.:
aliquid ex bonis,ib. 26, 7, 12:
aliquid pro introitu,ib. 32, 1, 102 fin. et saep.—
C Trop., in Tertullian: aliquem, to expose to death, to destroy, kill:
tot innocentes,Tert. Apol. 44; id. Spect. 12; id. Praescript. 2.—
II To entreat, prevail on by entreaties:
precibus erogatus,App. M. 5, p. 165.