A place greatly peopled, or much haunted. Quando autÊ de persona, aut de re animata loquimur, duobus modis dicitur: vel de sola fic, Sit miles srequens spectator præliorum. Let a souldiour often and much beholde battels: vel de turba sic, Frequens populas, Frequens Senatus. A great multitude or assemble of people, or of Senatours. Frequentes & Pauci, contraria. Cic. Many and fewe. Frequentissima ædes. Plin. iun. A temple to which numbers are resorted or full of people. Auditor Platonis frequens Demoszhenes. Ci. Was a continuall auditor of Platoes lessons. Frequeus auditorium. Plin. iun. A great audience. Collegium frequens. Cic. Compita frequentia. Hora. Multitudes of people assembled in, &c. Conuiua frequens, Id est, multi conuiuæ. Ouid. Latrocinia frequentia. Pollio Ciceroni. Often robberies. Modus frequens & fauorabilis. Quint. Municipium frequens. Cic. A free citie very populous. Numerus veteranorum & armatorum satis frequens. Brutus ad Ciceronem. A great number. Omnibus relictis mihi frequentem operam dedistis. Plaut. Leauing all other men, you haue often holpen me. Caret frequentibus poculis senectus. Cic. Conuenit Senatus frequens. Cic. The Senatours assembled in great number. Sylua frequens trabibus. Ouid. A woode hauing many trees in it. Theatro frequentissimo comprobatum est. Cic. Via frequens & tuta. Ouid. A way much haunted and without danger. Vrbs populis frequens Lucan. A very populous citie, & much. haunted to. Frequens aliquis Romæ, & qui in ore omnium quotidie versatur. Cic. One that is often at Rome, &c. Secretis frequens. Tacir. Called often to secrete counsaile. Cum illis qui amabant Chrysidem, vn aderat frequens. Teren. He was often there togither with, &c. Frequentes obuiam prodeunt, gratiasqúe agunt. Cice. They come forth in great number to meete with. Frequens est cum co. Cic. He is oftentimes with him. Frequentes fuimus ad ducencos. Cic. We were in multitude about 200. Venio in Senatum frequens, Cicer. I come often or ordinarlly into the Senate. Frequentissimi venerunt ad hoc iudicium mercatores. Cic. Came in very great number to.

I. Lit.

A. 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.—

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.

II. 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.—

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.

(a). 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.—

(b). 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.—

(g). With gen.: quod talis silvae frequens fecundusque erat (mons), Tac. A. 4, 65.—Hence, adv.: frĕ-quenter.

1. (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; 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.—

2. (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.