aperimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aperio, aperire, aperui, apertus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
uncover, open, disclose; explain, recount; reveal; found; excavate; spread out;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →apsum, apesse, afui, afuturus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be away/absent/distant/missing; be free/removed from; be lacking; be distinct;
pl. fut. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...seruata fides. nil fata moramur:tradimus Hesperias gentes, aperimus Eoas,securumque orbis patimur post terga relicti.nec cruor effusus..."
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...terrae, quantum cognoscere caeli permissum est, pelagus quantos aperimus in usus! nunc forsan grave reris opus, sed laeta..."Liber XLV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...perire aecum censerent, hi primi inuenti sunt. quin aperimus portas et imperium accipimus, quod orbis terrarum accepit?' haec..."
