arceo
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. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...plebe summotae, ut fiat odi profanum vulgus et arceo. Praeterea curandum est, ne sententiae emineant extra corpus orationis..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...noualia Cadmi? sed quid uana cano, quid fixos arceo casus? ibimus.' hic presso gemuit semel ore sacerdos. illum..."
