conive
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coniveo, conivere, conivi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
close/screw up the eyes, blink; wink at, overlook, turn a blind eye, connive;; be tightly closed (eyes); (other things); be inactive/eclipsed; lie dormant;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...arte dormiunt. TH. Dormiunt? TR. Illud quidem, ut conivent, volui dicere. satin habes? TH. Vt quidquid magis contemplo..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...neque opinantis tenebris obducere terras, cum quasi conivent et aperto lumine rursum omnia convisunt clara loca candida luce..."