destitis
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;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sicine agis nugas? periisti hercle, ni ***" *** hoc longe destiti instare, usque adeo donec se adiurat anus iam mihi..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...frustra timentur dura. Dum excelsus steti, numquam pauere destiti atque ipsum mei ferrum timere lateris. O quantum bonum..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quidem mei riserunt. Ego autem collecto spiritu non destiti totum parietem persequi. Erat autem venalicium titulis pictis..."