«a 
. SY NONYMOUS TERMS. IOL 
Tw the oration of Cicero for PLANcius, he calls upon La- 
TERENSIs to fpecify his charge, and to mention any one tribe 
that his friend had corrupted in his competition for the A¢dile- 
fhip. ‘‘ Etiam atque etiam infto atque urgeo, infector, po/co 
“ atque adeo flagito crimen *? There is evidently a climax in 
the five verbs that compofe this fentence, and the gradation is 
very happily fupported. By means of fo/cere, the orator makes 
a requifition in behalf of his client, of the juftice of which he 
had a right to judge, and by the public manner in which this 
requifition was made, he virtually threatens him with the pe- 
nalties of law, if it was not complied with; which laft concep- 
tion is involved in the verb /agitare. 
Ausontus Popma defines this verb very properly, “ Vehe- 
menter et plerumque cum {trepitu et convicio po/cere +.” 
Tue gentleft power of flagitare, which is that in which the 
petitioner propofes to effect his purpofe only by teazing, ap- 
pears in fuch examples as the two following: “ Implorare et 
“ flagitare waxilium Contfulis f.” 
ee 
— 
nec potentem amicum. 
Largiora flagito, 
Satis contentus unicis Sabinis §. 
THERE are other inftances again, in which flagitare implies, 
that the petitioner threatens the perfon requefted, and excites 
fear, in order to effect his purpofe. Ane 
. 
Ejicite ex animo curam atquealienum zs, 
: . . ~ a 
j Ne quis formidet flagitatorem fuum ||. 
: “ PETREIUS: 
t * Cic. pro Plan. 48. § Hor. Car, 2. 18. 12. 
+ De diff. Verb. lib, 2. |] Plaut. Prol. Caf 23. 
4 
¢, Cic. pro Rab. 9. 
