conpescat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conpesco, conpescere, conpescui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
restrain, check; quench; curb, confine, imprison; hold in check; block, close;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...gens omnis amet; pax missa per orbemferrea belligeri conpescat limina Iani.sed mihi iam numen; nec, si te pectore..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...libidinem et in praebendis ad uictum necessariis auaritiam conpescat. Quid ergo? beneficium dominus a seruo accipit? immo homo..."
