Abigo, ábigis pen. corr. abégi, pen. prod. abactum, abígere. To driue or chase away, eyther things noysome: or else by stealthor deceit, as cattell, &c.Puer abige muscas.Cic.Pestem abige me.Cic.Non viuam vesperi, nisi illam me scelestam abigam. Plau. I will dye ere night, but that I will chase that naughtie woman from me: or driue her out of my house.Abigere delatores.Plin. iun.Abigunt nubes venti. Plin. Driue away the clowdes. A cibo abigere.Plaut.To driue them from their meate.Abigere de frumento anseres.Plaut.From the corne.Me clamantem ex ædibus abegit.Plaut.Out of his house. Abigere aliquò, pro Ablegare.Plaut.Abegit vir meus olim ipse ad mercatum Rhodum, filium.He chased or mearied away his sonne to Rhodes, &c. Abigam hunc rus. Terent. Abigere. pro Arcere. Plaut. Abigam iam ego illum aduenientem ab ædibus. I will keepe him out of my house. Pecora abigere.To driue or steale away cattell.Abigere pecus sine vi, aut furto dicimus. pro agere. Varro. To driue them to pasture or any other place not by stelth. Abigere translatum ad res incorporeas: vt Abigere fastidium, lassitudinem. Plin. Plaut.To put away.Abigere partum, vel fœtum.Cic. Plin. Colum. To cause vntimely birthe: to make to caste their young: as calues, whelpes, &c.Inula abigit venenatorum morsus. Plin. Doth heale or cure, &c.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ăb-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago], to drive away.I.Lit.A. In gen.: abigam jam ego illum advenientem ab aedibus,
I will drive him away as soon as he comes
, Plaut. Am. prol. 150: jam hic me abegerit suo odio,
he will soon drive me away
, id. As. 2, 4, 40; so Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 47; Varr. R. R. 2, 1; Cic. de Or. 2, 60 al.: uxorem post divortium,
to remove from the house
, Suet. Tib. 7.—B. In partic. 1.To drive away cattle: familias abripuerunt, pecus abegerunt, Cic. Pis. 34; so id. Verr. 2, 1, 10; 3, 23; Liv. 1, 7, 4; 4, 21; Curt. 5, 13 al.—2.Medic. t. t.a.To remove a disease: febres, Plin. 25, 9, 59, 106; 30, 11, 30fin.: venenatorum morsus, id. 20, 5, 19.—b.To force birth, procure abortion: partum medicamentis, Cic. Clu. 11; so Plin. 14, 18, 22; Tac. A. 14, 63; Suet. Dom. 22 al. —II.Trop., to drive away an evil, get rid of a nuisance: pestem a me, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 (Trag. v. 50 Vahl.): lassitudinem abs te, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 3: curas, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 19: pauperiem epulis regum, id. S. 2, 2, 44 al.—Hence, ăbactus, a, um, P. a.A. Of magistrates, driven away, forced to resign their office, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.—B. Abacta nox, i. q. finita, finished, passed, Verg. A. 8, 407.— C. Abacti oculi, poet., deep, sunken, Stat. Th. 1, 104.