conticuisses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conticesco, conticescere, conticui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cease to talk, fall silent, lapse into silence; cease to function, become idle;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...facundae renouas qui nomina gentis nec sinis ingentem conticuisse domum, te pia Cecropiae comitatur turba Mineruae, te secreta..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Haec ait. illa tremens, ut supplicis aspicit ora conticuisse viri iamque et sua verba reposci, nec quibus incipiat..."Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...surgere bigis vidit et insomni lassatas turbine tandem conticuisse domos, stabilem quando optima facta dant animum maiorque piis..."