claudunt
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. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nouem circumflua campis, hinc obiecta uias torrentum incendia claudunt. pone senex trepida succedit Laius umbra uulnere tardus adhuc..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...religione sacrae et saevi formidine Martis; centum aerei claudunt vectes aeternaque ferri robora, nec custos absistit limine Ianus..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...dictus sacer; hunc tegit omnis lucus et obscuris claudunt convallibus umbrae. sed non ante datur telluris operta subire..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mors foret invidiosior, aras. pars animam laqueo claudunt mortisque timorem morte fugant ultroque vocant venientia fata. corpora missa..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...semitae aditum habet, a mari exesae fluctibus rupes claudunt, ita ut quibusdam locis superpendentia saxa plus in altum..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...usque ad mare inuia palustri limo et uoraginibus claudunt, elephantos cum adsueto praesidio posuit, post eos equites..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit. Dextra laevaque duo maria claudunt nullam ne ad effugium quidem navem habentes; circa Padus..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...aequum eniterentur: vertunt terga Cilices seque castello claudunt. Interim Piso classem haud procul opperientem adpugnare frustra temptavit; regressusque..."