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
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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..." - P
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..."