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
Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cohors persecuta regem fugientem ne tum quidem abscedebat, donec iussu Cn. Octaui pronuntiatum est per praeconem regios pueros..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ostendisset transiturus erat. sed cum, quantum a mari abscedebat, tanto altioribus coercentibus amnem ripis non inueniret uada, diem..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...erant nec ab armis aut loco suo miles abscedebat. quod ubi Hennensium principes, iam pacti cum Himilcone..."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..."