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
- T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...votueram, de industria fugiebatis, neque conari id facere audebatis prius. nunc neque quid velim neque nolim facitis magni..." - P
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..."