audebatis
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;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...votueram, de industria fugiebatis, neque conari id facere audebatis prius. nunc neque quid velim neque nolim facitis magni..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fontis, et Alpino modo quae certare rigori audebatis aquae, non ceditis ignibus ipsis! flammifera gemini fumant aspergine postes..."