ē-văgor — Lewis & Short
ē-văgor, ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. and a.
I Neutr., to wander forth, to roam about; to scatter or spread about, to extend (class.).
A Lit.:
ne longius evagatae (incubantes gallinae) refrigerent ova,Col. 8, 5, 14:
cappari evagatur per agros,Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 163:
Nilus,id. 10, 33, 49, § 94:
ignis ulterius,Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3.—
B In milit. lang., to march to and fro, make evolutions, manœuvre:
nullo ad evagandum relicto spatio,Liv. 22, 47, 3; 23, 47, 5.—
C Trop., to spread, extend, digress: qui appetitus longius evagantur, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:
late evagata est vis morbi,Liv. 3, 7 fin.:
latissime evagandi sibi viam facere (exempla),Vell. 2, 3, 4:
ne Demostheni permittant evagari,Quint. 3, 6, 3; so of wandering, digressing in speaking, id. 2, 4, 32; 3, 11, 25;
of overstepping the limits of duty: procuratores,Spart. Hadr 3 § 9.—*
II Act., to stray beyond, to overstep any thing:
ordinem,Hor. C. 4, 15, 10.