Suffrago, pen. prod. suffráginis, f g Plin, The ioynt of the hinder legge of a beast calied the houxe: somtime the pasterne. Suffragines. Col. Yong springs of vines.
Suffragor, pen. prod. suffragâris, suffragári. Cic.To speake in ones part fauourably: to giue him his voyce or good worde: to fauour or helpe.Nemo ab ignotis hominibus nullis suffragantibus meritis honore afficitur.Cic.Suffragan & aducisari, contraria.Cic.Laudibus cuiuspiam suffragari. Lentulus Ciceroni. Suffragari alicui ad Consulatum.Cicer.To helpe one to be Consull.Suffragante fortuna videris res maximas consequutus.Cic.By the good helpe of fortune, &c.
suffrāgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. [suffragium], publicists' t. t., to vote for, to support with one's vote and interest.I.Lit.: si nihil erit praeter ipsorum suffragium, tenue est; si, ut suffragantur, nihil valent gratiā, Cic. Mur. 34, 71: suffragandi libido, id. Leg. 3, 15, 34: convenerant undique, non suffragandi modo sed etiam spectandi causā P. Scipionis, Liv. 28, 38, 8.—II.Transf., in gen., to be favorable, to favor, recommend, support (class.; syn.: faveo, studeo). (a). With dat.: domus suffragata domino, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; id. Planc. 1, 1: tibi Hortensius suffragatur, me oppugnat, id. Div. in Caecil. 7, 23: mihi videris fratrem laudando suffragari tibi, id. Leg. 1, 1, 1: cui legi istius spes falsa et insignis impudentia maxime suffragatur, id. Verr. 2, 5, 69, 178: a te peto, ut dignitati meae suffrageris, Planc. ap Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2: laudi nostrae, Lentul. ib. 12, 14, 4: huic consilio suffragabatur etiam illa res, quod, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 61; cf.: voluntas defuncti ei sententiae, Dig. 32, 1, 95: pronuntiatio, cui suffragatur vox facilis, Quint. 11, 3, 40.—(b).Absol.: fortunā suffragante videris res maximas consecutus, Cic. Fam. 10, 5, 3: eximiam gloriam et dignitatem esse oportet in eo, quem homines ignoti nullis suffragantibus honore afficiant, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 7, 28: suffragante Theramene, Nep. Alcib. 5, 4; Val. Max. 4, 7, 6: si memoria suffragatur, tempus non defuit, Quint. 11, 2, 45; so, tempus, id. 11, 2, 48: cogitatio, id. 11, 3, 121: satius est se excutere et non suffragari, Sen. Ep. 118, 2.