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dehortor

dehortor, to advise to the contrary, dissuade

dĕ-hortor, ātus, 1 (per tmesin de me hortatur, Enn., v. the foll.), v. dep. a.,
  • to advise to the contrary; to dissuade (rare but class.): res ipsa me aut invitabit aut dehortabitur, * Cic. Pis. 39, 94: multa me dehortantur a vobis, dissuade me from espousing your cause, Sall. J. 31: Hannibal audaci tum pectore de me hortatur, Ne bellum faciam, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 2, 9, and ap. Non. 195, 21; so, me ne darem, Ter. Phorm. 910.—With inf.: multa me dehortata sunt huc prodire, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 15: plura de Jugurtha scribere dehortatur me fortuna mea, Sall. J. 24, 4; Tac. A. 3, 16.

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