desistebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desisto, desistere, destiti, destitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stop/cease/desist (from); give up, leave/stand off; dissociate oneself;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...fuit. Neque vero ille ob eam causam conatu desistebat, sed labore et perseverantia nautarum etiam vim tempestatis superari..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...Pompeium filium multis verbis assidueque obiurgare non desistebat. 'tuus' inquit 'pater istuc aetatis cum esset et animadvertisset..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iras hominum. Senatum vero incitare adversus legem haud desistebat: ne aliter descenderent in forum, cum dies ferendae legis..."