abutere
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;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. fut. ind. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pretiosus erat? Sed iam parce mihi, nec abutere, Narnia, Quinto: perpetuo liceat sic tibi ponte frui. Vnguentum fuerat..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...acie Pharsalica gladius agebat?" et "quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?" et "patere tua consilia non sentis..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sicut Cicero fecerat in Catilinam: "quo usque tandem abutere"? LXIX. Ac ne quis apostrophen miretur, idem Cicero..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese..."