frequent (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. crēber, bra, brum (following close upon each other2. frĕquens, ntis (uninterrupted, coming regularly and unintermittently) • frequent (adj.): 1. crēber, bra, brum (following close upon each other: the most usual word): more f. letters and messengers were sent to Caesar, crebriores literae nuntiique ad Caesarem mittebantur, Caes. B. G. 5, 45: f. or rather daily rebukes, c. vel potius quotidianae compellationes, Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 1. 2. frĕquens, ntis (uninterrupted, coming regularly and unintermittently): a f. (assiduous) hearer of Plato, f. Platonis auditor, Cic. Or. 4, 15: a f. guest, f. conviva, Mart. Phr.: that which is of f. occurrence, quod saepe (crebro), identidem fit: v. often, frequently. See also foll. art.
frequent (v. tr.) Copy link Outline 1. cĕlĕbro, 1 (of a number of persons)2. frĕquento, 1 (also chiefly of a number)3. versor, 1 (to go about, be often in a place4. obsĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (to beset) • frequent (v. tr.): 1. cĕlĕbro, 1 (of a number of persons): to f. a man's house, domum hominis c., Cic. Mur. 34, 70: to f. the woods, silvas c., Ov. M. 10, 703. Simly. the comp. concĕlĕbro: to f. banquets, convivia conc., Q. Cic. pet. cons. 11, med.: Plin. 2. frĕquento, 1 (also chiefly of a number): the conversation of those who f. my house, sermones eorum qui fr. domum meam, Cic. Fam. 5, 21: cf. Sall. Cat. 14: v. to haunt. 3. versor, 1 (to go about, be often in a place: with prep. or adv.): he has not f.'d the forum, nor the campus, nor banquets, non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est, Cic. Quint. 18, 59: to f. this place, crebro hic v., Pl. Am. prol. 128. 4. obsĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2 (to beset): frogs f. ponds, ranae stagna obs., Plin.: v. to beset. Phr.: to f. the Appian way (in a carriage), Appiam mannis terere, Hor. Epod. 4, 14: the lounger f.s the portico, ambulator porticum terit, Mart. 2, 11, 2: to f. houses of ill fame, lustrari, Pl.: Lucil.
FREQUENT Copy link • FREQUENT 1. adj., frequens: creber (often implying blame): crebrior: repetitus (repeated). After frequent entreaties, saepius rogatus: after frequent admonitions, saepius admonitus. 2. v. frequentare: celebrare (of numbers). To frequent anybody’s house, frequentare or (of many) celebrare alicujus domum; frequenter or multum, or frequentem ad aliquem ventitare: to frequent a society, celebrare conventum; a market, obire nundinas, mercatum; ad mercatum venire: to frequent bad company, uti familiaribus et quotidianis convictoribus hominibus improbis, malis, or perditis; in familiaritate malorum hominum versari.