decreveram
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;; decrease; abate; diminish, dwindle, shrink; (in number/amount); be subtracted;; lose vigor/intensity, decline/weaken/fade influence/reputation; grow shorter;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
- M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tecta et consitas meis manibus arbusculas destinatus exul ~decreveram~. volui, iudices, decedere, volui, sed nullum potui invenire agellum..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Assistebam Vareno iam tantum ut amicus et tacere decreveram. Nihil enim tam contrarium quam si advocatus a senatu..."