efflagito
Οὐκ ἔστιν αἰσχρὸν ἀγνοοῦντα μανθάνειν → Non est inhonestum ea, quae nescis, discere → nicht schändlich ist's, dass einer lernt, was er nicht weiß
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ef-flāgĭto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to demand or ask urgently, to request earnestly (class.; for syn. cf.: posco, flagito, exigo, obsecro, etc.): epistolam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11: libros, Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. § 3: judicio rum desiderio tribunicia potestas efflagitata est, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 8: collationes, Suet. Ner. 38: notum ensem, Verg. A. 12, 759; Suet. Tib. 12 fin.: signum pugnae, Liv. 3, 60: misericordiam alicujus (with requirere), Cic. Mil. 34 et saep.—With ut: cum iste a Cn. Dolabella efflagitasset, ut, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24; Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. § 1; cf.: aliquem, ut, Auct. B. Hisp. 29, 7; and with simple subj., Suet. Tit. 5.—Absol.: a multis efflagitatus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, 92 Zumpt N. cr.; Quint. 4, 5, 10; Suet. Dom. 3.
