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..."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..."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..."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..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...semitae aditum habet, a mari exesae fluctibus rupes claudunt, ita ut quibusdam locis superpendentia saxa plus in altum..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...usque ad mare inuia palustri limo et uoraginibus claudunt, elephantos cum adsueto praesidio posuit, post eos equites..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...captivis vestris fortuna circumdederit. Dextra laevaque duo maria claudunt nullam ne ad effugium quidem navem habentes; circa Padus..."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..."