abusus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →abutor, abuti, abusus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
waste, squander; abuse; misuse; use up; spend; exhaust; misapply (word); curse;
nom. sg. perf. part. - Entry →abusus, abusus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
abusing, misuse, wasting; using up;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...suades sine dote. aha, non convenit me, qui abusus sum tantam rem patriam, porro in ditiis esse agrumque..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Praegravant tamen cetera facta dictaque eius, ut et abusus dominatione et iure caesus existimetur. Non enim honores modo..." - M
XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...semper apud sollicitos in deterius prona persuasio est, abusus est hoc, quod poterat videri timere vobiscum. igitur homo..."
