1. vergo — Lewis & Short
vergo, ĕre (
I perf. and sup. wanting, acc. to Neue, Formenl. 2, pp. 507, 584; but versi is assumed as perf. by Prob. Cath. 1486, and is read, Ov. P. 1, 9, 52, by Merkel, ex conj. for the MS. vertit; acc. to Charis. 3, 1, p. 218, and Diom. 1, p. 366, the perf. is verxi, but it does not occur in extant writings), v. a. and n.
I Act., to bend, turn, incline, verge (only poet., and very rare;
syn. inclino): in terras igitur quoque solis vergitur ardor, mid.,turns itself, verges, Lucr. 2, 212:
et polus aversi calidus quā vergitur Austri,Luc. 1, 54:
Strongyle vergitur ad exortus solis,Sol. 6, § 3:
illi imprudentes ipsi sibi saepe venenum Vergebant,i. e. turned in, poured in, Lucr. 5, 1010:
in gelidos amoma sinus,Ov. P. 1, 9, 52:
spumantesque mero paterae verguntur,Stat. Th. 6, 211; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 244.—
II Neutr., to bend, turn, incline itself; of places, to lie, be situated in any direction (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: tendo, pertineo, jaceo).
A Lit.:
ab oppido declivis locus tenui fastigio vergebat in longitudinem passuum circiter quadringentorum,Caes. B. C. 1, 45:
collis ad flumen Sabin,id. B.G. 2, 18:
Galliae pars ad Septentriones,id. ib. 1, 1:
portus in meridiem,Liv. 37, 31, 10:
tectum aedium in tectum inferioris porticūs,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 14:
omnes partes in medium,id. N.D. 2, 45, 116.—
b Trop., to turn, bend, incline, etc.:
nisi Bruti auxilium ad Italiam vergere quam ad Asiam maluissemus,Cic. Phil. 11, 11, 26:
illuc (i. e. in Tiberium) cuncta vergere,Tac. A. 1, 3:
suam aetatem vergere,that he was in the decline of his age, id. ib. 2, 43:
sed ne patriae quidem bonus tutor aut vindex est, si ad voluptates vergit,Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 3:
animus nec ad recta fortiter nec ad prava vergentis,id. Tranq. 1, 3:
nox vergit ad lucem,verges towards, Curt. 4, 7, 9:
vergente jam die,declining, Suet. Oth. 7; so,
jam senecta,Tac. A. 4, 41:
vergens annis femina,id. ib. 13, 19:
aegri vergentes in lethargum,Plin. 32, 10, 38, § 116:
colore languido in candidum vergente,id. 12, 12, 26, § 43.