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
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sicine agis nugas? periisti hercle, ni ***" *** hoc longe destiti instare, usque adeo donec se adiurat anus iam mihi..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quidem mei riserunt. Ego autem collecto spiritu non destiti totum parietem persequi. Erat autem venalicium titulis pictis..."