degunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dego, degere, degi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spend/pass (time); spend/bide one's time in; carry on, wage; conduct away?;; spend/bide one's time in; wait; remain alive, live on, endure; continue;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sancta deum tranquilla pectora pace quae placidum degunt aevom vitamque serenam, quis regere immensi summam, quis habere profundi..."Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...feliciora sint homine. Nam sine nequitia, sine fraudibus degunt; fruuntur voluptatibus, quas et magis capiunt et ex facili..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fortuna relictis nosse datur: iam plena quater quinquennia degunt si modo fata sinunt aluitque rogata Lycaste. detumuere animi..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...deliciis dignoscas: inter eadem pecora, in eadem humo degunt, donec aetas separet ingenuos, virtus adgnoscat. Sera iuvenum venus..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...animum, venatu corpus exerceo. Mei quoque nusquam salubrius degunt; usque adhuc certe neminem ex iis quos eduxeram mecum..."