dabamus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →do, dare, dedi, datus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
give; dedicate; sell; pay; grant/bestow/impart/offer/lend; devote; allow; make;; surrender/give over; send to die; ascribe/attribute; give birth/produce; utter;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...ludum ducere et redducere. nos otiosi operam dabamus Phaedriae. in quo haec discebat ludo, exadvorsum ilico tonstrina erat..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...arma ualebunt? haec regi promissa, Cydon, haec, Lampe, dabamus?' dum clamat, subit ore cauo Teumesia cornus, nec prohibent..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...remum numero ex censu constituto cum stipendio nostro dabamus; aurum et argentum omne ab senatoribus eius rei initio..."