adessem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aded, adesse, -, -:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat up, eat into/away at, nibble, squander; wear down, exhaust; erode;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st - Entry →adsum, adesse, adfui, adfuturus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be near, be present, be in attendance, arrive, appear; aid (w/DAT);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...dares; operumque tuorum etsi non socius, certe mirator adessem., si quondam magno Phoenix reverendus Achilli litus ad Iliacum..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...oculos, si forte me appellasset vel ille cui adessem, vel ille quem contra, intercederem et auxilium ferrem..."