al-lĕgo Copy link Outline I. to select for one's self, to choose ; ...A. A member chosen into any corporation ...B. Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order ... ⓘallĕge: pres imperat act 2nd sg • al-lĕgo (adl-), ēgi, ectum, 3, v. a., I. to select for one's self, to choose (qs. ad se legere; like adimere, = ad se emere); to admit by election, to elect to a thing, or into (a corporation; in the class. per. generally only in the histt.): Druidibus praeest unus ... hoc mortuo, si sunt plures pares, suffragio Druidum adlegitur, * Caes. B. G. 6, 13 Herz. (Dinter here omits adlegitur): augures de plebe, Liv. 10, 6: octo praetoribus adlecti duo, Vell. 2, 89: aliquem in sui custodiam, Suet. Aug. 49; so, in senatum, id. Claud. 24: inter patricios, id. Vit. 1: in clerum, Hier. adv. Jov. 1, n. 34 al.—Poet.: adlegi caelo, Sen. Agam. 804.—Hence, al-lectus (adl-), a, um, P. a. Subst., A. A member chosen into any corporation (collegium): collegae, qui unā lecti, et qui in eorum locum suppositi, sublecti; additi Adlecti, Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.— B. Those who were added to the Senate from the equestrian order, on account of the small number of the Senators, were called adlecti, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 9.
allego Copy link ⓘallĕge: pres imperat act 2nd sg ALLEGO [1], siue ADLEGO, are. [πέμπω, ἐπιπρεσβεύομαι] Est proprie grauioris negotii causa quempiam mittere intercessorem, interpretem, sequestrem, internuncium: sed hoc in priuatis rebus, sicut Legare in publicis. […] 🗁 Page Scan
allego Copy link ⓘallĕge: pres imperat act 2nd sg ALLEGO [2], aut ADLEGO, egi, ectum, ere. [προσκαταλέγω] In coetum legendo adiungere, adscribere, et cooptare. […] 🗁 Page Scan
allege Copy link Outline I. To assert1. argŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (against anyone)2. rĕfero, tŭli, lātum, 3II. To cite or quote (as an argument or excuse)1. affĕro, 32. rĕfĕro, 33. oppōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 34. praetendo, di, tum, 3 (to put forward by way of defence)5. obtendo, 3 (= praetendo)6. allēgo, 1. • allege: I. To assert: 1. argŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (against anyone): that they a.d was done by the malice of the patricians, id fraude patriciorum factum arguere, Liv. 2. rĕfero, tŭli, lātum, 3: Ajax has a.d that he is the great grandson of Jove, rettulit Ajax esse Jovis pronepos, Ov.: v. to assert. II. To cite or quote (as an argument or excuse): 1. affĕro, 3: what reason shall I a.? quam causam afferam? Ter.: what will he be able to say? will he a. his age? quid poterit dicere? an aetatem afferet? Cic. 2. rĕfĕro, 3: if any one a. this example, si quis hoc referat exemplum, Quint. 3. oppōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3: you a.d as a reason the ill-health of our Cicero, opposuisti causam, Ciceronis nostri valetudinem, Cic. 4. praetendo, di, tum, 3 (to put forward by way of defence): you are wont to a. the name of a very learned man in excuse for your own barbarous manners, hominis doctissimi nomen tuis barbaris moribus p. soles, Cic.: Ov. 5. obtendo, 3 (= praetendo): alleging the entreaties of his mother, matris preces obtendens, Tac. 6. allēgo, 1.: to a. an example, exemplum a., Plin.: Tac.
ALLEGE Copy link • ALLEGEaffirm, affirmare (to maintain as certain, affirm): assevarare (to affirm strongly). Observe, asserere is unclassical. To bring forward evidence, etc., afferre testimonium: a passage, locum afferre: a reason, rationem, causam afferre: to allege anything as an excuse, excusare aliquid.