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
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..."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..."