amittebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amitto, amittere, amisi, amissus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lose; lose by death; send away, dismiss; part with; let go/slip/fall, drop;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...animo maesto cum corde iacebat, funera respectans animam amittebat ibidem. quippe etenim nullo cessabant tempore apisci ex aliis..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...talia dicta dabat, clavumque adfixus et haerens nusquam amittebat oculosque sub astra tenebat. ecce deus ramum Lethaeo rore..."