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
- T
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..." - L
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..."- P
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..." - G
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..."