decernebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decerno, decernere, decrevi, decretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
decide/settle/determine/resolve; decree/declare/ordain; judge; vote for/contend;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...ceruices nostras ne inponi quidem sed escendere. Decernebatur illi statua in Pompei theatro ponenda, quod exustum Caesar reficiebat..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...patefactum prorupere concepta pridem odia et summum supplicium decernebatur ni professus indicium foret. [6.4] Ut vero Latinium Latiarem..."