ōro — Lewis & Short
ōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (orassis for oraveris, v. a. and n.1. os, to speak:
Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 63),I
oro ab ore,Varr. L. L. 6, § 76 Müll.
I In gen. (so obsol.):
orare antiquos dixisse pro agere testimonio est, quod oratores dicti et causarum actores et qui rei publicae mandatas causas agebant,Fest. p. 198 Müll.:
bonum aequumque oras,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 151:
talibus orabat Juno,Verg. A. 10, 96.—
II In partic.
A To treat, argue, plead (as an ambassador, advocate, etc.; class., but very rare; cf.
ago): REM VBI PAGVNT ORATO, Fragm. XII. Tab.: matronis ipsis, quae raptae erant, orantibus,i. e. at their mediation, Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13:
causam capitis,to argue, plead, id. Brut. 12, 47:
orandae litis tempus accommodare,id. Off. 3, 10, 43:
si causa oranda esset,Liv. 39, 40, 6:
causas melius,Verg. A. 6, 849:
cum eo de salute suā agit, orat atque obsecrat,treats, speaks, Caes. B. C. 1, 22:
causam dixit et ipse pro se oravit,plead his own cause, Liv. 39, 40, 12.—
2 Of oratorical speaking, eloquence (freq. in Quint.): ars orandi, the oratorical art, art of oratory, Quint. prooem. § 4; id. 2, 15, 20; 9, 4, 3:
orandi scientia,id. 1, 10, 2:
orandi studium,id. 9, 4, 110; 8, 6, 20.—
B To pray, beg, beseech, entreat one (the predom. signif. in all periods and styles; syn.: rogo, obsecro, obtestor, supplico, precor); constr. usually with acc. of the pers. and of the thing, and with ut, ne (the less freq. constructions, v. infra).
(a) With acc. of the pers. and of the thing:
illud te ad extremum et oro et hortor, ut, etc.,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 16, § 46:
multa deos orans,Verg. A. 9, 24:
aliquem libertatem,Suet. Vesp. 16.—
(b) With acc. of the pers. only: virginem orare, Liv. Andron. ap. Diom. p. 379 P: cum desubito me orat mulier, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Cax. v. 9 Vahl.); cf.:
socer Non orandus erat, sed vi faciendus Erechtheus,not to be entreated, but compelled, Ov. M. 6, 701:
Lydia, dic, per omnes Te deos oro, Sy barin cur properes amando perdere,Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—
(g) With acc. of the thing for which one asks:
gnato uxorem,to request a wife for one's son, Ter. And. 3, 2, 48:
legati Romam missi, auxilium ad bellum orantes,to ask assistance, Liv. 21, 6:
opem rebus affectis orantes,id. 6, 9:
auxilia,Tac. A. 2, 46.—
(d) With ut: rogat oratque te Chrysogone, ut, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:
te, C. Flave, oro et obtestor, ut, etc.,id. Planc. 42, 104:
te etiam atque etiam oro, ut, etc.,id. Att. 11, 1, 2:
hoc me a vobis orare Juppiter jussit, ut, etc.,Plaut. Am. prol. 64.—(e) With subj.:
orant, ignoscamus peccatum suum,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 101:
et vocet oro,Verg. A. 11, 442:
idque sinas, oro,Ov. P. 4, 1, 19.—(z) With ne:
rogat eos atque orat, ne, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:
quod te, Aesculapi, et te, Salus, ne quid sit hujus, oro,Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 3.—(h) With the imper.:
absiste inceptis, oro,Sil. 11, 336.— With imper. and acc. of person, Verg. A. 2, 143; 4, 319; 10, 61 and 905.—(q) With inf. or an object-clause:
jampridem a me illos abducere Thestylis orat,Verg. E. 2, 43; id. A. 6, 313; 9, 231; Tac. A. 6, 2; 12, 9:
vel Aegypti praefecturam concedi sibi oraret,Suet. Ner. 47.—(i) With ab and abl. of a person, followed by ut or ne:
primum hoc abs te oro, ni me inexorabilem faxis,Pac. Tr. 122:
oravitque a suis, ut, etc.,Gell. 17, 10, 7:
oratus ab Artorio, ne in castris remaneret,Vell. 2, 70, 1.—(k) With cum aliquo: quod tecum pater orat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 198 Müll. (Ann. v. 20 Vahl.):
si is mecum oraret,Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 15:
tecum oro et quaeso, ut,id. Curc. 3, 1, 62:
egi, atque oravi tecum, uxorem ut duceres,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 64; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 22; cited above, II. A.—(l) With pro and the abl.:
nec pro civibus se orare, sed pro, etc.,Just. 11, 4, 4:
ut Octavius orandus sit pro salute cujusquam civis,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 16, 2; cf.:
ut pro illā ores, ut sit propitius (deus),Plaut. As. 4, 1, 38.—
b Oro te, I pray thee, prithee, parenthetically, a formula of politeness (cf. quaeso):
dic. oro te, clarius,Cic. Att. 4, 8, 1; Sen. Vit. Beat. 7, 1; Liv. 5, 5, 1; cf. Cic. Att. 7, 16, 3.—
C To pray, to supplicate God (eccl. Lat.); act.:
oravit Dominum,Vulg. Judic. 13, 8:
orationem quam orat,id. 3 Reg. 8, 29; id. 2 Par. 6, 21:
filios, id. Job, 19, 17: Deum,id. Ecclus. 50, 24:
orationes longas,id. Matt. 23, 14.—More often neutr.:
pro te,Vulg. Gen. 20, 7:
ut audias,id. ib. 43, 20:
in loco isto,id. 3 Reg. 8, 30:
contra viam civitatis,id. ib. 8, 44:
ad Dominum,id. 4 Reg. 4, 33:
cum lacrimis,id. Tob. 3, 1:
unus orans et unus maledicens,id. Ecclus. 34, 29:
spiritu et mente,id. 1 Cor. 14, 15:
mulierem decalvatam orare non decet,Ambros. in Luc. 6, § 19:
orandi gratia,Lact. 4, 15, 20.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: ōrans, antis, m., an orator:
orantes,Tac. Dial. 6, 6.