evagor

ē-văgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

I.

Neutr., to wander forth, to roam about; to scatter or spread about, to extend (class.).

A.

Lit.:

ne longius evagatae (incubantes gallinae) refrigerent ova,

Col. 8, 5, 14:

cappari evagatur per agros,

Plin. 19, 8, 48, § 163:

Nilus,

id. 10, 33, 49, § 94:

ignis ulterius,

Dig. 9, 2, 30, § 3.—

B.

In milit. lang., to march to and fro, make evolutions, manœuvre:

nullo ad evagandum relicto spatio,

Liv. 22, 47, 3; 23, 47, 5.—

C.

Trop., to spread, extend, digress: qui appetitus longius evagantur, * Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102:

late evagata est vis morbi,

Liv. 3, 7 fin.:

latissime evagandi sibi viam facere (exempla),

Vell. 2, 3, 4:

ne Demostheni permittant evagari,

Quint. 3, 6, 3; so of wandering, digressing in speaking, id. 2, 4, 32; 3, 11, 25;

of overstepping the limits of duty: procuratores,

Spart. Hadr 3 § 9.—

* II.

Act., to stray beyond, [p. 666] to overstep any thing:

ordinem,

Hor. C. 4, 15, 10.