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
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..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quam a mari turris quinque tabulatorum egregium propugnaculum claudebat. ibi primo atrocissimum contractum est certamen, et turre instructa..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...lacus, a fronte et ab tergo hostium acies claudebat apparuitque nullam nisi in dextera ferroque salutis spem esse..."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..."