abscedebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abscedo, abscedere, abscessi, abscessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withdraw, depart, retire; go/pass off/away; desist; recede (coasts); slough;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cohors persecuta regem fugientem ne tum quidem abscedebat, donec iussu Cn. Octaui pronuntiatum est per praeconem regios pueros..." - T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ostendisset transiturus erat. sed cum, quantum a mari abscedebat, tanto altioribus coercentibus amnem ripis non inueniret uada, diem..." - T
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erant nec ab armis aut loco suo miles abscedebat. quod ubi Hennensium principes, iam pacti cum Himilcone..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...peritia locorum ab Hiberis melius pugnatum; nec ideo abscedebat, ni contractis legionibus Vitellius et subdito rumore tamquam Mesopotamiam..."