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|lshtext=<b>frĕquens</b>: entis, adj. [[root]] φρακ-, [[φράσσω]], to [[enclose]], [[make]] [[close]]; Lat. [[farcio]], [[fartilis]], etc.; cf. Germ. Berg, Burg,<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] takes [[place]] [[repeatedly]], [[often]], or [[frequently]], [[often]], [[frequent]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[celeber]], [[creber]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons, [[that]] is [[often]] at a [[place]], or [[that]] [[often]] does a [[thing]], [[regular]], [[constant]], [[repeated]] (syn.: [[assiduus]], [[creber]], [[multus]]): erat [[ille]] Romae [[frequens]], in [[foro]] et in [[ore]] omnium [[cottidie]] versabatur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: quibuscum si frequentes sunt, id. Off. 2, 13, 46; cf. Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 80.— Comp.: [[quod]] filium frequentiorem [[prope]] cum illis [[quam]] [[secum]] cernebat, Liv. 39, 53, 11: [[Demosthenes]] [[frequens]] fuit Platonis [[auditor]], an [[assiduous]] [[hearer]], Cic. Or. 4, 45: nos [[autem]] in hoc genere (orationis) frequentes, id. ib. 50, 167: sed in [[utroque]] frequentiores sunt poëtae, id. ib. 60, 202; cf. [[spectator]], Quint. 10, 5, 19: [[conviva]], Mart. 9, 98, 10: frequentem ad signa esse, Liv. 3, 24, 5: adesse senatui, Tac. A. 4, 55; so [[with]] dat.: contionibus, id. H. 4, 69 fin.: secretis, id. A. 4, 3: in [[ore]] [[frequens]] posteritatis eris, Ov. P. 2, 6, 34: [[frequens]] te audivi [[atque]] affui, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 243.—Poet. [[with]] inf.: hic hominum [[casus]] lenire et demere fatis Jura [[frequens]], Stat. Th. 7, 706.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of inanim. and abstr. things, [[repeated]], [[often]], [[frequent]], [[common]], [[usual]]: mihi frequentem operam dedistis, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 7: ([[senectus]]) caret epulis exstructisque [[mensis]] et frequentibus poculis, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44: frequentiores (lactucae) in [[cibo]], Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68: frequentes litterae, Suet. Tib. 11: edicta, id. Ner. 41: [[iambus]] et [[trochaeus]] [[frequens]], Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182; cf.: ([[verbum]] [[igitur]]) cum [[apud]] alios [[sit]] [[etiam]] [[frequens]], [[apud]] alios [[numquam]] reperiatur, Quint. 1, 5, 39: [[opera]] (= assidua), Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 99: frequentiora latrocinia, Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1: [[familiaritas]], Nep. Att. 19 fin.: honores, id. Phoc. 1: comparationis [[usus]], Quint. 8, 6, 14: frequentior [[usus]] anulorum, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 17; cf.: nec fuit [[alia]] [[gemma]] [[apud]] antiquos usu frequentior, id. 37, 7, 31, § 106: frequentior [[fama]], Liv. 2, 32, 3: [[sententia]], held or [[adopted]] by [[many]], Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 6: [[frequens]] [[apud]] Graecos [[adagium]], Gell. 1, 8, 4; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 37: id frequentius est, [[quam]] ut exemplis confirmandum [[sit]], id. 4, 1, 75; 9, 2, 53: esse videatur, jam [[nimis]] [[frequens]], octonarium incohat, id. 9, 4, 73.— With a [[subject]]-[[clause]]: erat [[adhuc]] [[frequens]] senatoribus, si [[quid]], etc....[[loco]] sententiae promere, = usitatum, Tac. A. 2, 33: parere [[ergo]] exceptionem rei judicatae, [[frequens]] est, Dig. 44, 2, 6.<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of a [[multitude]], [[assembled]] in [[great]] numbers, [[full]], [[crowded]], [[numerous]]: videt multos equites Romanos, frequentes [[praeterea]] cives [[atque]] socios, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7: [[refert]] [[etiam]], qui audiant, frequentes an [[pauci]] an [[singuli]], id. de Or. 3, 55, 211: major frequentiorque [[legatio]], Liv. 5, 5, 10: [[senatus]] fuit frequentior [[quam]], etc.... frequentes fuimus, [[omnino]] ad ducentos, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 1: [[senatus]] [[frequens]] convenit, id. Fam. 10, 12, 3; cf.: [[senatus]] [[frequens]] vocatu Drusi in curiam venit, id. de Or. 3, 1, 2; Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111; cf. also: frequentissimo senatu, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99: ad frequentiores [[consultatio]] dilata, Liv. 35, 7, 1: legem populi frequentis suffragiis abrogare, Cic. Brut. 62, 222: [[mane]] [[Germani]] frequentes ad eum in [[castra]] venerunt, in [[great]] numbers, Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 4; cf.: [[eodem]] conveniunt [[undique]] frequentes, id. ib. 7, 63, 6; id. B. C. 1, 13, 1: frequenti consessu, Suet. Aug. 44: convivio frequenti, id. Caes. 31; id. Tib. 61: frequenti auditorio, id. Claud. 41: equites Romani, qui frequentissimi in gradibus Concordiae steterunt, Cic. Phil. 7, 8, 21: huc [[postero]] [[die]] [[quam]] frequentissimi conveniunt, Caes. B. G. 4, 11, 5: [[frequens]] ibi hic [[piscis]], Plin. 9, 59, 85, § 180: huc [[frequens]] Caementa demittit [[redemptor]] Cum famulis ([[poet]]. for famulis frequentibus), Hor. C. 3, 1, 34.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of places [[filled]] [[with]] a [[multitude]], [[filled]], [[full]], [[crowded]], [[populous]], [[much]] frequented, [[well]] stocked (syn.: [[plenus]], [[abundans]]).— Constr. absol., [[with]] abl., and in Tac. also [[with]] gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: frequentissimum [[theatrum]], Cic. Div. 1, 28 fin.: sic ut nulla ([[praefectura]]) tota [[Italia]] frequentior dici possit, [[more]] [[populous]], id. Planc. 8, 21: ei processit, ut est [[frequens]] [[municipium]] magna [[multitudo]], id. Phil. 2, 41, 106: Numidia, Sall. J. 78 fin.: celebre et [[frequens]] [[emporium]], [[much]] frequented, Liv. 38, 18, 11: via, Ov. A. A. 1, 585; cf. compita, Hor. S. 2, 3, 26: ludi, id. Carm. Sec. 22; cf. [[pompa]], Ov. A. A. 1, 147.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With abl. ([[since]] the Aug. per.): cum situm moeniaque et frequentem tectis urbem vidissent, Liv. 1, 9, 9: loca aedificiis, id. 31, 23, 5: [[Aegyptus]] multis (urbibus), Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60: [[terra]] colubris, Ov. M. 4, 620: [[Sinuessa]] niveis columbis, id. ib. 15, 715: [[silva]] trabibus, id. ib. 8, 328; cf.: [[locus]] piceis ilicibusque, id. H. 16, 54: [[nemus]] agrestium pavonum multitudine [[frequens]], Curt. 9, 2, 13: [[Nilus]] feris et beluis, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53: [[amnis]] vorticibus, Ov. M. 9, 106: [[vivarium]] piscibus, Col. 8, 16, 4: [[pharetra]] [[telis]] Lernaeis, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1233.—Comp.: utra [[pars]] frequentior [[vicis]] esset, Liv. 35, 11, 5.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: [[quod]] [[talis]] silvae [[frequens]] fecundusque erat ([[mons]]), Tac. A. 4, 65.—Hence, adv.: frĕ-quenter.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) Often, [[frequently]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. per.): ut [[frequenter]] et [[assidue]] consequamur artis rationem [[studio]] et exercitatione, Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69: ad aliquem [[frequenter]] ventitare, Cic. Rep. 1, 9 (Moser, frequentes); cf.: gratior (erat) Alexandro [[frequenter]] in officinam ventitanti, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 85: [[praecipue]] [[quidem]] [[apud]] Ciceronem, [[frequenter]] [[tamen]] [[apud]] Asinium, Quint. 1, 8, 11: [[frequenter]] in his [[etiam]] conjecturae [[locus]] est, [[nonnumquam]] tractatur [[aliqua]] [[finitio]]: [[aliquando]] [[etiam]] legales possunt incidere [[tractatus]], id. 3, 8, 4: habet usum [[talis]] allegoriae [[frequenter]] [[oratio]], sed [[raro]] totius, id. 8, 6, 47: [[continuo]] aut [[certe]] [[nimium]] [[frequenter]], id. 9, 1, 11; opp. [[semper]], id. 12, 1, 3;<br /> v. [[infra]].—Comp.: [[quod]] et M. [[Cicero]] scripto ad Brutum [[libro]] frequentius testatur, Quint. 1, 10, 4: haec ad conjecturam frequentius [[pertinent]], sed [[interim]] ad jus [[quoque]], id. 5, 10, 38: ne [[plebs]] frumentationum [[causa]] frequentius a negotiis avocaretur, Suet. Aug. 40: non [[alias]] missi cecidere frequentius ignes, Ov. F. 3, 287.—Sup.: translatione frequentissime [[sermo]] [[omnis]] utitur, Cic. Or. 24, 81: non [[semper]], [[etiamsi]] frequentissime, tuenda [[veritas]] erit, Quint. 2, 17, 36; Suet. Aug. 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Numerously, in [[great]] numbers, by [[many]] ([[very]] [[rare]]): huic [[frequenter]] interceditur, Cic. Att. 1, 19, 5: Romam [[inde]] [[frequenter]] migratum est, Liv. 1, 11, 4.

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