aiebam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aio, -, -, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
say (defective), assert; say yes/so, affirm, assent; prescribe/lay down (law);; he says (ait), it is said; they say (aiunt);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...consuetudinem meam cogitabam quam causam, et: "Quid, aiebam, si callidus captator exploratorem in Africam miserit mendaciumque deprehenderit nostrum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...imos manaret talos. 'o te, Bolane, cerebri felicem' aiebam tacitus, cum quidlibet ille garriret, vicos, urbem laudaret..."