adessemus
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;
pl. 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);
pl. imperf. act. subj. 1st
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...offensae minimum, gratia par ac si prope adessemus; dein quia parentis abunde habemus, amicorum neque nobis neque cuiquam..."Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quod agnoscant. Dixit aliquando mihi Regulus, cum simul adessemus: 'Tu omnia quae sunt in causa putas exsequenda..."
