suggero

sug-gĕro ( subg- ), gessi, gestum, 3, v. a., to carry, bring, put or lay under, etc. (class., esp. in the trop. sense).

I.

Lit.:

flammam costis aëni,

Verg. A. 7, 463:

ignem fornace succensā,

Pall. 1, 20, 2. —

B.

To heap up, raise, erect, build:

humo,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 8; cf.:

celsis suggesta theatra columnis,

Sil. 14, 644.—

C.

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.—

II.

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. —

B.

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. —

C.

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.—

D.

To assign, add, subjoin: huic incredibili [p. 1794] 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.