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migro

migro · v. n

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. mī^gro — Lewis & Short

mī^gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (migrassit for migraverit, v. n. and

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11),
I a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root mā, exchange; also meo].
I Neutr., to remove from one place to another, to depart, flit, migrate (class.).
A Lit.: migrare e fano foras, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 1: ex urbe tu rus habitatum migres? Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 13: ad integra omnia, Liv. 5, 53: ad generum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: in tabernas, Hor. A. P. 229: Veios, Liv. 5, 53: Alexandriam vel Ilium, Suet. Caes. 79: finibus, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 59: Verres domo ejus emigrat atque adeo exit: nam jam ante migrārat, he quits his house (leaves it himself without taking any thing with him); for he had already removed (had taken away his furniture), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: consilium migrandi a Tarquiniis cepit, Liv. 1, 34, 5: itaque non solum inquilini, sed etiam mures migraverunt, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: cum tota Karthagine migra, be off! Juv. 6, 171.—Impers. pass.: in alium quendam locum ex his locis morte migretur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: Romam inde frequenter migratum est a propinquis, Liv. 1, 11, 4.—
B Trop., to go away, depart, to pass over, change, turn: scio ipse quid agam, neque mens officio migrat, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13: mea ut migrare dicta possint, quo volo, id. Ps. 1, 5, 54: ex hac vitā, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 6, 15, 15: de vitā, i. e. to die, id. Fin. 1, 19, 62: equitis migravit ab aure voluptas ad oculos, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187: haec medicina migrabat in Graeciae linguas, Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 16: omnia migrant, Omnia commutat natura, change, Lucr. 5, 831: caerula quae sunt Numquam in marmoreum possunt migrare colorem, id. 2, 774: in varias migrare figuras, Ov. M. 15, 172: cornua in mucronem migrantia, running out into, ending in, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125: ad aliud matrimonium, Dig. 24, 2, 6.—
II Act.
A To carry away, transport, transfer (rare): cassita nidum migravit, Gell. 2, 29, 16: relicta quae migratu difficilia essent, Liv. 10, 34: num migrantur Rhoeteia regna In Libyam Superis? are transferred, Sil. 7, 431.—
B To transgress, break, violate, opp. to servare: jus civile migrare (opp. conservare), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 67: ea migrare et non servare, id. Off. 1, 10, 31.

2. migró — Walde–Hofmann

migró, -àet, -Atum, -äre „wandern, ziehen, übersiedeln; sich verändern“ ;, trans. „wegbringen, fortschaffen; übertreten, überschreiten" (seit Plaut, rom., migrätiö seit Cic. [com- seit Sen., dö- seit Nep.), migrätor Cl.; Komp.: ad-, com-, de-, é- [rom.), im-, remigrö seit Plt, prae- Plin, tränsmigrö seit Liv.): nach Walter KZ. 11, 430, Fick BB. 6, 213. Wb. I' 510 usw. aus *mig*räjö, Denom. von *mig*- ros „den Ort … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. migró, p. 992]

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. migró (scan pp. 992-996; entry #1767). Root candidates: *smilo-, *sem-, *oxeoko-.

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