claudebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. 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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...laetitia; sequebar captivos meos tristior victor, maestus undique claudebat exercitus, occurrentium lacrimae propinquorum et erubescentis circa me populi..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam a mari turris quinque tabulatorum egregium propugnaculum claudebat. ibi primo atrocissimum contractum est certamen, et turre instructa..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lacus, a fronte et ab tergo hostium acies claudebat apparuitque nullam nisi in dextera ferroque salutis spem esse..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...fluitabant, ut augescente flumine inoffensus ordo navium attolleretur. claudebat pontem imposita turris et in extremam navem educta, unde..."