debueram
Dictionary entries
- Entry →debeo, debere, debui, debitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
owe; be indebted/responsible for/obliged/bound/destined; ought, must, should;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- M
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...causam vexandae civitatis habuerit, quaerit. istud ego interrogare debueram. non ubique, iudices, morandum est: alioquin, si quid requirere..." 
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...iussaeque dolorum primitiae et tenero superati protinus angues. debueram nullos iuveni iam quaerere casus victa nec tales forsan..."- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...crimine nomen, pulsus ob invidiam solio sceptrisque paternis. debueram patriae poenas odiisque meorum: omnis per mortis animam sontem..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vides! adparet adhuc vetus inde cicatrix. tunc ego debueram capienda ad Pergama mitti; tum poteram magni..." - P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...euntem, parte aliqua veli, qualis foret aura, notare debueram, tutoque mari decurrere, quae nunc non exploratis inplevi lintea..." - P
Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cavernis, sollicito manes totumque tremoribus orbem. hac ope debueram thalamos petiisse, socerque non orandus erat mihi sed faciendus..."