audebam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →audeo, audere, ausus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
intend, be prepared; dare/have courage (to go/do), act boldly, venture, risk;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...miseram mulierem et me seruolum, qui referire non audebam, uicit: hui, perfortiter. DE. Non potuit melius. idem quod..."XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...patrem, iam meis auribus nemo parcebat. interrogare non audebam, dissimulare non poteram. fallitur, quisquis me putat quicquam fecisse..."