evagor
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ē-văgor: ātus, 1,
I v. dep. n. and a.
I Neutr., to wander forth, to roam about; to scatter or spread about, to extend (class.).
A Lit.: ne longius evagatae (incubantes gallinae) refrigerent ova, Col. 8, 5, 14: cappari evagatur per agros, Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 163: Nilus, id. 10, 33, 49, § 94: ignis ulterius, Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3.—
B In milit. lang., to march to and fro, make evolutions, manœuvre: nullo ad evagandum relicto spatio, Liv. 22, 47, 3; 23, 47, 5.—
C Trop., to spread, extend, digress: qui appetitus longius evagantur, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102: late evagata est vis morbi, Liv. 3, 7 fin.: latissime evagandi sibi viam facere (exempla), Vell. 2, 3, 4: ne Demostheni permittant evagari, Quint. 3, 6, 3; so of wandering, digressing in speaking, id. 2, 4, 32; 3, 11, 25; of overstepping the limits of duty: procuratores, Spart. Hadr 3 § 9.—*
II Act., to stray beyond, to overstep any thing: ordinem, Hor. C. 4, 15, 10.
