abessem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absum, abesse, abfui, abfuturus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
be away/absent/distant/missing; be free/removed from; be lacking; be distinct;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vocavi voce deos, sic te ut posita, crudelis, abessem? exstinxti te meque, soror, populumque patresque Sidonios urbemque tuam..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iniuriae vestrae [quam meae calamitatis] meminisse iuvat—cum abessem, quotienscumque patria in mentem veniret, haec omnia occurrebant, colles..."