fetch Copy link Outline 1. arcesso, īvi, ītum, 3 (esp. with ref. to persons)2. accio, 4 (to call; hence only of persons)3. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (to go to f.4. excio, 4 (strictly, to call out, call up) • fetch: 1. arcesso, īvi, ītum, 3 (esp. with ref. to persons): to f. Aesculapius from Epidaurus to Rome, Aesculapium ab Epidauro Romam a., Liv. 10, 47, fin. (v. to summon): also of things: by what mode of carriage (the goods) are to be f.'d, quo genere vecturae arcessantur, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1, fin. 2. accio, 4 (to call; hence only of persons): to f. soothsayers out of Etruria, haruspices ex Etruria a., Cic. Harusp. 12, 25. 3. pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 (to go to f.: not precisely in this sense in Cic.): things which we f. from beyond the seas, quae trans maria petimus, Plin. 18, 4, 19, § 3. Fig.: to f. a deep sigh, suspirium alte p., Pl. Cist. 1, 1, 57: a sigh f.'d from the bottom of one's heart, latere petitus imo spiritus, Hor. Epod. 11, 10. Hence, rĕpĕto, 3 (to f. back): to f. gold home from any one, aurum r. ab aliquo domum, Pl. Bacc. 4, 5, 7. 4. excio, 4 (strictly, to call out, call up): he f.'d auxiliary troops out of Germany, auxilia e Germania excivit, Tac. H. 2, 97: to f. up spirits from their graves, animas ex sepulcris ex., Virg. Phr.: to f. water, wood, forage, timber, aquari, lignari, pabulari, materiari (esp. of soldiers), Caes.: to f. a blow, plagam, ictum inferre (v. to inflict): what was f.'d by the sale, quod inde (ex venditione) refectum est, Liv. 35, 1, extr. See also to bring, get.
FETCH Copy link • FETCH 1. v. petere: afferre: apportare (general terms for carrying or bringing anything to a place): adducere (to lead to any place): producere (to bring forth; e.g., testes): arcessere: accire (to go and fetch; to summon anybody or have anybody summoned to a place; with this difference, that with arcessere the person sent for actually makes his appearance, whereas accire leaves his coming uncertain; hence arcessere ad aliquem, but not accire ad aliquem): advehere: subvehere: apportare (if by waggon or on ship-board). To fetch anybody or to have anybody fetched, aliquem arcessi or arcessiri jubere: to fetch a physician, medicum arcessere; medicum ad aegrotum adducere: to fetch water, aquam e puteo trahere (from a well for domestic use); aquam petere: aquatum ire (to fetch supplies of it for an army): to fetch wood, lignari: materiari: to fetch breath, spirare; spiritum ducere: to fetch a deep sigh, gemitum de immo pectore ducere (†): fetch him (i. e., bring him here), illum huc arcesse (†); huc coram adducas illum: to fetch evidence from etc., argumenta arcessere a, etc.; argumenta promere ex, etc. (e.g., from passages, ex locis): to fetch anything from far, or too far, aliquid longe petere or repetere; aliquid altius or paullo altius repetere: in order that the instances or examples may not appear too far fetched, ne longius abeam: you need not fetch your proofs so far, non longe abieris (Vid: Interpp. of Cic., Roscius, Am., 16, 47): a sentiment that is far-fetched, arcessitum dictum: to fetch a good price, in pretio esse: to fetch no price at all, pretium non habere. To FETCH AWAY, asportare (whether by carrying, or in a wagon, ship, etc.): avehere (either persons or things). To FETCH DOWN, (α) PROP., deferre: depromere (of inanimate objects); deducere (of animate objects). (β) ImPROP., = to humiliate, alicujus spiritus reprimere; frangere aliquem or alicujus audaciam; comprimere alicujus audaciam. (The words are found in this connection and order.) frangere aliquem et comminuere. To FETCH IN, intro ferre or afferre: to fetch a person in, aliquem intro adducere: fetch him in to me, illum huc intro adducas. To FETCH OFF, amovere: demovere: removere: auferre: avehere: abducere: deportare [SYN. in To REMOVE]. To FETCH OUT, efferre (by carrying): educere (by leading or drawing): elicere ex, etc. (by alluring inducements): depromere (to fetch or fetch out from; pecuniam ex area, ex aerario). To FETCH OVER, traducere. To fetch about: the wind has fetched about to the south, ventus se vertit in Africam. 2. s. Vid. TRICK, s.