verb transitive

sug-gĕro

2nd PP sug-gĕrere · 3rd PP suggessi · 4th PP suggestum · conj. 3rd

to carry; bring; put

to carry, bring, put or lay under, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense).

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Lit.: flammam costis aëni, Verg. A. 7, 463: ignem fornace succensā, Pall. 1, 20, 2. —

To heap up; raise; erect •

To heap up, raise, erect, build: humo, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8. cf.: celsis suggesta theatra columnis, Sil. 14, 644.—

To furnish; afford; supply absol ••

To furnish, afford, supply ( = praebeo, suppedito, ministro): cur tu his rebus sumptum suggeris? Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 37: tela mihi, Verg. A. 10, 333: omnium rerum apparatus, Auct. B. Alex. 3, 1: cibum animalibus, Tac. H. 3, 36: divitias alimentaque (tellus), Ov. M. 15, 82: feras silvae affatim suggerunt, Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 1: ructanti pinnas rubentes, Mart. 3, 82, 8. —Absol.: aliae (apes) struunt, aliae suggerunt, Plin. 11, 10, 10, § 22.—

to afford; furnish; supply figuratively •

Trop., to afford, furnish, supply: invidiae flammam ac materiam criminibus suis suggerere, Liv. 3, 11: suggeram quae vendatis, id. 10, 17, 5: materiam interrogationi, Quint. 5, 7, 8. —

To excite; produce •

To excite, produce: sincipitamenta porcina, quae anteposita in mensā mihi bulimum suggerant, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 Ritschl (MSS. milvina; cf. Brix ad loc.): aut Druso ludus est suggerendus aut, etc., is to be put upon, imposed upon, Cic. Att. 12, 44, 2. —

To suggest; advise; prompt absol ••

To suggest, advise, prompt, offer, bring to mind: quoties aequitas restitutionem suggerit, Dig. 4, 6, 26 fin.; cf.: quae (res) suggerit, ut Italicarum rerum esse credantur eae res, reminds, admonishes, ib. 28, 5, 35 fin.: quaedam de republicā, Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 66, 2. — Absol.: suggerente conjuge, at the instigation of, Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 11; cf.: suggerente irā, id. ib. 12, 10.—

To assign; add; subjoin ••

To assign, add, subjoin: huic incredibili sententiae ratiunculas suggerit, Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73: copiam argumentorum singulis generibus, id. de Or. 2, 27, 117: firmamenta causae, id. ib. 2, 81, 331: verba, quae desunt, id. ib. 2, 26, 110: apud quosdam veteres auctores non invenio Lucretium consulem; Bruto statim Horatium suggerunt, place next in order, Liv. 2, 8; 9, 44: ut quidam annales nihil praeter nomina consulum suggerant, id. 4, 20: suggerebantur damna aleatoria, were added, Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67.

Perseus ID: n46481 Key: suggero