coercetur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coerceo, coercere, coercui, coercitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...magnus animus, nec, ut leonum animaliumque impetus caueis coercetur, sic hominum, quorum maximae in seducto actiones sunt..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Operibus ingentibus saepta urbs est quibus intra muros coercetur hostis; agrum non coluit, et culta evastata sunt bello..."