consumuntur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →consumo, consumere, consumpsi, consumptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
burn up, destroy/kill; put end to; reduce/wear away; annul; extinguish (right);; devour/swallow up/consume/eat/use up/exhaust/expend; spend; squander/waste;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...specum decidunt et sic ex oculis auferuntur. Quaedam consumuntur paulatim et intercidunt; eadem ex interuallo reuertuntur recipiuntque..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...numquam in uno homine et in una contumelia consumuntur. 6. Respiciamus eorum exempla quorum laudamus patientiam, ut Socratis..."II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...quod potest ex ignibus rapi, pro quo bene consumuntur oculi? non invenio, iudices, quemadmodum possit esse citra liberos..."