arcebis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arceo, arcere, arcui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
ward/keep off/away; keep close, confine; prevent, hinder; protect; separate;
sg. fut. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...iuuencae. hunc quoque (nam mediis feruoribus acrior instat) arcebis grauido pecori, armentaque pasces sole recens orto aut noctem..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...urbis ac moenibus, a vita fortunisque civium [omnium] arcebis et homines bonorum inimicos, hostis patriae, latrones Italiae scelerum..."