abstulisset
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aufero, auferre, abstuli, ablatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bear/carry/take/fetch/sweep/snatch away/off, remove, withdraw; steal, obtain;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Gnaeum Pompeium, decus istud firmamentumque imperii, Neapoli ualetudo abstulisset, indubitatus populi Romani princeps excesserat: at nunc exigui temporis..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...pauperes forent quibus donasset Nero quam quibus abstulisset. exauctorati per eos dies tribuni, e praetorio Antonius Taurus..."