abuterer
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. imperf. subj. 1st
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..."- M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..."