ē-vĕho — Lewis & Short
ē-vĕho, xi, ctum, 3, v. a.,
I to carry out or forth, to convey out, lead forth (rare but class.).
I Lit.:
omnia (signa) ex fanis, ex locis publicis palam plaustris evecta exportataque esse,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20:
aquas ex planis locis,Liv. 1, 38 fin.; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 224:
stercus (with exportare),Cato R. R. 5, 8:
merces (opp. inveho),Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 6; Dig. 10, 4, 5 et saep.:
incaute se evehentes Masinissa excipiebat,throwing themselves out, rushing out, Liv. 29, 34:
naves in altum,id. 25, 27.—In an upward direction; palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit ad deos, raises aloft, elevates, * Hor. C. 1, 1, 6; cf.:
aliquem ad aethera,Verg. A. 6, 130:
ad auras,Ov. M. 14, 127:
in caelum,Juv. 1, 38.—
b Reflex., to ride out or forth, to move out, move forth, proceed, advance, go, spread:
evectus effreno equo,springing forwards, Liv. 4, 33: cf.
longius,Tac. A. 12, 14:
de nocte,Suet. Aug. 97 fin.:
evecti Aegeo mari Delum trajecerunt,Liv. 44, 28 fin.; cf. id. 28, 30:
ad portum,id. 37, 15 fin.:
in altum,id. 21, 50:
ratibus ad regem,Just. 2, 6 et saep.:
in ancoras evehi,to run foul of the anchors, Liv. 22, 19.— With the acc. of the place:
evectus os amnis,Curt. 9, 9 fin.—
B To carry up, to convey upwards:
ut in collem Esquiliarium eveheretur,Liv. 1, 48.—
II Trop.
A To carry forth, take out, spread abroad:
ut semel e Piraeeo eloquentia evecta est, omnes peragravit insulas,went forth, Cic. Brut. 13, 51; cf.:
fama ejus evecta insulas,Tac. A. 12, 36:
spe vana evectus,carried forwards, Liv. 42, 62; cf.
inconsultius,id. 35, 31;
and, longius,Quint. 9, 3, 87:
magicae vanitates in tantum evectae, ut, etc.,Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 18:
evectus sum longius,I have made too long a digression, Amm. 15, 12, 6.—
B In an upward direction, to raise or lift up, to elevate:
quem usque in tertium consulatum amicitia Principis evexerat,Vell. 2, 90; cf.:
aliquos ad consulatus,Tac. Or. 13; and:
imperium ad summum fastigium,Curt. 4, 14, 20; cf.:
ad magnum culmen,Amm. 16, 6.—In the part. perf., advanced, promoted:
consiliarii in summum evecti fastigium,Vell. 2, 56, 3; cf. id. 2, 53, 3:
privatum supra modum evectae opes,increased, Tac. A. 14, 52.— With dat.:
aliquem evehere summis honoribus,Spart. Hadr. 15.