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|lnetxt=vexo vexare, vexavi, vexatus V :: shake, jolt, toss violently; annoy, trouble, harass, plague, disturb, vex
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vexo</b>: (<br /><b>I</b> inf. vexarier, Verg. Cir. 480), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [[veho]], orig., to [[shake]], [[jolt]], [[toss]] in [[carrying]]; [[hence]], in gen., to [[move]] [[violently]], to [[shake]], [[agitate]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[rare]]; syn. [[quatio]]): vexasse [[grave]] [[verbum]] est, factumque ab eo videtur, [[quod]] est vehere; in quo inest jam vis quaedam alieni arbitrii. Non [[enim]] sui [[potens]] est, qui vehitur. Vexare [[autem]], [[quod]] ex eo inclinatum est, vi [[atque]] motu [[procul]] dubio vastiore est. Nam qui fertur et raptatur [[atque]] huc [[atque]] [[illuc]] distrahitur, is vexari [[proprie]] dicitur, etc., Gell. 2, 6, 5: ([[rector]]) per confragosa vexabitur, Cic. Rep. 2, 41, 68: navigia in summum veniant [[vexata]] periclum, Lucr. 6, 430: Dulichias vexasse rates, Verg. E. 6, 76: [[classis]] [[vexata]] est tempestate, Vell. 2, 79, 4: (venti vis) montes supremos Silvifragis vexat flabris, Lucr. 1, 275: venti caeli [[nubila]] vexant, Ov. M. 11, 435: in turbā [[vexatus]], tossed [[back]] and [[forth]], Suet. Aug. 53 fin.: [[ruina]] cum clade vexatarum regionum (of an [[earthquake]]), Just. 17, 1, 3. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., to [[injure]], [[damage]], [[molest]], [[annoy]], [[distress]], [[plague]], [[trouble]], [[maltreat]], [[abuse]], [[vex]], [[harass]], [[disquiet]], [[disturb]], [[torment]], etc. (syn.: [[ango]], [[crucio]], [[vasto]], the predom. signif. of the [[word]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Physically: cum [[Hannibal]] terram Italiam laceraret [[atque]] vexaret, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 2, 6, 7: agros vectigales vexatos et exinanitos a Verre, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 122: Siciliam, id. ib. 1, 4, 12; 2, 3, 54, § 125: omnem Galliam, Caes. B. G. 2, 4: agros, id. ib. 4, 15 fin.: urbes, Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 29: rem publicam, id. ib. 1, 10, 27: [[Amanienses]] hostes sempiternos, id. Fam. 2, 10, 3: hostes, Caes. B. G. 6, 43; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31 al.: vexati omnes difficultate viae, Liv. 40, 22, 6; 42, 55, 3: vexato exercitu descendit, id. 36, 30, 6: quos et ipsos ... locorum [[asperitas]] [[hostiliter]] vexavit, id. 43, 5, 10; Nep. Eum. 5, 2: quem (stomachum) [[umor]] vexat, Plin. 20, 8, 32, § 76: [[fauces]] ([[tussis]]), Mart. 11, 86, 1: vites frigore, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 217: dentes percussu, id. 28, 11, 49, § 180: vestem [[solo]], to [[rumple]], [[disorder]], Petr. 128: rosas, to [[crush]], Mart. 11, 89, 2: comas, to [[twist]], frizzle, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 24.—In mal. [[part]].: maritum, Mart. 8, 46, 7; 11, 81, 1; Petr. 139; Aus. Epigr. 108.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> In the [[part]]. perf. subst.: vexāta, ōrum, n., injured parts of the [[body]], hurts, injuries, Cels. 7 praef. fin.; ib. 1; Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 97; Scrib. Comp. 101.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Mentally: aliquem probris maledictisque, Cic. Fl. 20, 48: (Quinctius) multis [[vexatus]] contumeliis, id. Quint. 31, 98: aliquem honestissimis contentionibus, id. Phil. 3, 9, 23: aliquem iis verbis, ut, etc., id. Sest. 28, 60: vexatur [[Theophrastus]] et libris et scholis omnium philosophorum, is attacked, id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25: [[sollicitudo]] vexat impios, disquiets, torments, id. Leg. 1, 14, 40; cf.: ita [[conscientia]] mentem excitam vexabat, Sall. C. 15, 4: me honoris [[cupido]] vexabat, id. ib. 3, 5: mentem mariti philtris, Juv. 6, 611.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vexō</b>,⁸ āvī, ātum, āre (intensif de [[veho]]),<br /><b>1</b> remuer violemment, secouer, ballotter : Gell. 2, 6, 5 ; Cic. Rep. 2, 68 ; Lucr. 6, 430 ; Virg. B. 6, 76<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tourmenter, persécuter, maltraiter : socios Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 179, persécuter, tyranniser les alliés, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 73 ; Cat. 1, 29 &#124;&#124; accabler de vexations : agri vectigales vexati Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 122, les territoires soumis aux redevances accablés de vexations &#124;&#124; bousculer, traquer sans merci des ennemis : Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3 ; Cæs. G. 6, 43 &#124;&#124; faire souffrir : vexati omnes difficultate viæ Liv. 40, 22, 6, tous ayant souffert des difficultés de la route, cf. Liv. 42, 55, 3 ; Nep. Eum. 5, 2 &#124;&#124; pl. n. [[vexata]] Plin. 8, 41, parties du corps endommagées, lésions, blessures ; <b> b)</b> malmener en paroles, maltraiter, traiter rudement, attaquer : Cic. Fl. 48 ; Phil. 3, 23 ; Sest. 60 ; Tusc. 5, 25 ; <b> c)</b> [au sens moral] : [[sollicitudo]] vexat impios Cic. Leg. 1, 40, l’inquiétude tourmente les impies, cf. Sall. C. 15, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=vexo, āvī, ātum, āre (Intens. v. [[veho]]), [[stark]] [[bewegen]], [[schütteln]], [[erschüttern]], I) eig.: [[vis]] venti montes vexat, Lucr.: in [[turba]] [[vexatus]], [[hin]] und her gestoßen, Suet.: venti vexant [[nubila]], Ov., [[rates]], Verg.: ([[rector]]) per confragosa vexabitur, wird [[hin]] und her gestoßen [[werden]], Cic. de rep. 2, 68 (aus Lact. 6, 17, 13). – II) übtr., [[hart]] [[mitnehmen]], [[heimsuchen]], hudeln, [[mißhandeln]], [[plagen]], [[quälen]], [[beschädigen]], [[verletzen]], agros, Caes.: Siciliam, Cic.: fana, Cic.: hostes, Cic.: uxorem, Cic.: omnibus modis pecuniam trahere, vexare, [[verschleudern]] u. verlottern, Sall.: immodicis imbribus terram vexari posse, könne [[Schaden]] [[leiden]], Sen.: vexor tussi, [[Fronto]]: vexari difficultate viae, Liv.: [[vexata]] [[solo]] [[vestis]], zerknittert, Petron.: rosae vexatae, zerdrückt, [[halb]] verwelkt, Petron.: comae vexatae, [[hin]] und her gezerrte, d.i. gekräuselte, Ov.: absol., rapere trahere vexare, [[rauben]], [[plündern]], [[bedrücken]], Aur. Vict. de Caes. 6, 1. – parag. Infin. vexarier, Ps. Verg. Ciris 481. – Partiz. subst., vexāta, ōrum, n., Quetschungen, Cels. 7, 1 in. (Daremberg luxata; vgl. [[aber]] [[Celsus]] übers. v. Ed. Scheller Bd. 2. S. 233. A. 9).
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