verb transitive

ab-lēgo

2nd PP ab-lēgāre · 3rd PP ab-lēgāvi · 4th PP ab-lēgātum · conj. 1st

to send off; away; to remove ••

to send off or away, to remove: aliquem foras, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 55; so id. Cas. prol. 62: aliquo mihi est hinc ablegandus, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 54: pecus a prato, Varr. R. R. 1, 47: honestos homines, keep at a distance, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32: consilium, id. ib. 2, 2, 30: and in the pun, haec legatio a fratris adveutu me ablegat, this embassy sends me away from, i. e. prevents me from being present at, his arrival, id. Att. 2, 18, 3: magna pars ablegati, Liv. 7, 39.—With sup.: pueros venatum, Liv. 1, 35, 2.—As a euphemism for in exsilium mittere, to banish, Just. 1, 5; Cod. Th. 16, 5, 57.

Perseus ID: n114 Key: ablego