claudebatur
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. 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;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...dextro cornu disposuerat: sinistrum enim cornu oppido Uzitta claudebatur, neque erat spatium equitatus explicandi. Praeterea Numidas levisque armaturae..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...mapalibus consedisse, fisos loco quia vastis circum saltibus claudebatur. tum expeditae cohortes alaeque quam in partem ducerentur ignarae..."
