claudebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →claudeo, claudere, clausi, clausus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
limp, stumble/falter/hesitate; be weak/imperfect, fall short; be lame, hobble;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - 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. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Cottiaeque Alpes et ceteri Galliarum aditus Vitellianis exercitibus claudebantur, Narbonensem Galliam adgredi statuit classe valida et partibus fida..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...mandari aeternitati solebant: acclamationes quidem nostrae parietibus curiae claudebantur. Erant enim, quibus nec senatus gloriari nec principes possent..."