frĕquento — Lewis & Short
frĕquento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.frequens.
I (Acc. to frequens, I.) To visit or resort to frequently, to frequent; to do or make use of frequently, to repeat (class.):
sermones eorum, qui frequentant domum meam,Cic. Fam. 5, 21, 1:
juventus, quae domum Catilinae frequentabat,Sall. C. 14, 7:
domum alicujus,Quint. 12, 11, 5:
(Vespasianus) locum incunabulorum assidue frequentavit,Suet. Vesp. 2:
scholam alicujus,id. Gram. 7:
dum deus Eurotan immunitamque frequentat Sparten,Ov. M. 10, 169:
plebes sic accensa, uti opifices agrestesque omnes relictis operibus frequentarent Marium,often visited, resorted to him, Sall. J. 73, 6:
juvenis jam juventutis concursu, jam publicis studiis frequentabatur,Tac. A. 5, 10.—With dat.:
istoc quidem nos pretio facile est frequentare tibi,Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 10; cf.:
ne coetu salutantium frequentaretur Agrippina,Tac. A. 13, 18; id. H. 2, 16:
si aliquando alio domino solita est frequentari (domus),Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:
quae loca et nationes minus frequentata sunt,Sall. J. 17, 2:
tu primas quasque partes in animo frequenta,frequently think over, repeat, Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:
haec frequentat Phalereus maxime,Cic. Or. 27, 94; 25, 85:
turba ruunt et Hymen clamant, Hymenaee frequentant,Ov. H. 12, 143:
memoriam alicujus,to call to mind often, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3, 2:
exigis ut hoc epistolarum commercium frequentemus,exchange letters oftener, id. Ep. 38, 1:
nec ideo conjugia et educationes liberum frequentabantur praevalida orbitate,became more frequent, Tac. A. 3, 25:
prima trullis frequentetur inductio (calcis),be repeated, Pall. 1, 15:
verbi translatio instituta est inopiae causa, frequentata delectationis,Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155; cf.:
quae (exempla levitatis Atheniensium) nata et frequentata apud illos, etc.,id. Rep. 1, 3. —
II (Acc. to frequens, II.) To fill with a great number or multitude, to fill, crowd, people, stock a place; to assemble or bring together in numbers (class.).
A In gen.:
urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari,be peopled, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15:
Italiae solitudinem frequentari,id. Att. 1, 19, 4; cf. Suet. Aug. 46:
templa frequentari nunc decet,to be crowded, Ov. F. 4, 871: mundum nova prole, to stock, Col. poët. 10, 213:
piscinas,id. 8, 16, 2:
castaneta,id. 4, 33, 3:
vineam,id. 4, 15, 1:
quos cum casu hic dies ad aerarium frequentasset, etc.,had assembled in great numbers, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15:
populum,id. Dom. 33, 89:
acervatim multa frequentans,crowding together, id. Or. 25, 85; cf.:
tum est quasi luminibus distinguenda et frequentanda omnis oratio sententiarum atque verborum,id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:
digressis qui Pacarium frequentabant,Tac. H. 2, 16; v. frequentatio, II.—
B In partic. (like celebro, but much less freq.), to celebrate or keep in great numbers, esp. a festival: publicum est, quod civitas universa aliqua de causa frequentat, ut ludi, dies festus, bellum, Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40:
nunc ad triumphum frequentandum deductos esse milites,Liv. 36, 39:
sacra,Ov. M. 4, 37:
ut mors Sulpicii publicis exsequiis frequentaretur,Tac. A. 3, 48.—
2 Poet. and post-Aug. also of a single person, to celebrate, observe, keep:
Baccheaque sacra frequento,Ov. M. 3, 691:
festos dies apud Baias Nero frequentabat,Tac. A. 14, 4 Draeg. ad loc.:
dies sollennes,Suet. Aug. 53:
quorundam exsequias usque ad rogum,id. Tib. 32:
Cererem (Ennaeae nurus),Auct. Priap. 77.—Hence, frĕquen-tātus, a, um, P. a.
A Frequent, common, much used:
pavimenta,Plin. 36, 25, 61, § 185:
gemma reginis,id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.—*
B Full of, rich or abounding in:
aliud genus est non tam sententiis frequentatum quam verbis volucre atque incitatum,Cic. Brut. 95, 325.—Hence, adv.: frĕquentāto, frequently, App. M. 9, p. 228, 29.