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
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..."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..."