claudantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →claudo, claudere, clausi, clausus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close, shut, block up; conclude, finish; blockade, besiege; enclose; confine;; limp, stumble/falter/hesitate; be weak/imperfect, fall short; be lame, hobble;
pl. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...dicit 'occidi'? et licet comprimantur exclamationes, ora claudantur, nihil negat, qui hoc fatetur. atquin summorum facinorum ipsa inmanitas..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...licet manus saeva captivitas, profunda carceris nocte membra claudantur, datur tamen collidere catenas, artus extrahere nexibus, et habet..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...summa navium tabulis augent, donec in modum tecti claudantur. sic inter undas volvuntur, pari utrimque prora et mutabili..."