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absisteret

Dictionary entries

  • absisto, absistere, absistiti, -:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = withdraw from; desist, cease; leave off; depart, go away from; stand back;

    Entry →
    sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd

Examples

  • T

    Liber XXXVI

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...enim ab Heraclea capta nuntius uenit, ut oppugnatione absisteret: aequius esse Romanos milites, qui acie dimicassent cum Aetolis..."
  • T

    Liber XXXII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...satis dignum tanti laboris periculique pretium erat ut absisteret incepto Philippus effecerunt. Hiemps quoque iam instabat, cum inde..."
  • T

    Liber XXX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...constantiae erat; reparandum exercitum Syphacemque hortandum ne bello absisteret censebat. haec sententia quia Hasdrubal praesens Barcinaeque omnes factionis..."
  • T

    Liber IX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...Romanum, ut receptis equitibus qui causa belli essent absisteret obsidione. Iis Papirius ita respondit debuisse eos Pontium Herenni..."
  • P

    Liber IV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...missus cum mandatis Montanus ad Civilem ut absisteret bello neve externa armis falsis velaret: si Vespasianum iuvare adgressus..."
  • P

    Liber III

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE

    "...gradibus Palatii Vitellium et preces parantem pervicere ut absisteret: tum confossum laceratumque et absciso capite truncum corpus Sabini..."

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