abutendum
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;
acc. sg. fut. part.acc. sg. fut. part.nom. sg. fut. part.voc. sg. fut. part.
Examples
[Proverbs]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...nihil credere. 78. Utendum est divitiis, non abutendum. 78a. Sic vive, ut nec a superioribus contemnaris..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...candidatus. His diverso vitiorum genere grassantibus adeo se abutendum permisit et tradidit, ut vix sibi ipse constaret, modo..."