destituunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →destituo, destituere, destitui, destitutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fix/set (in position), set up, make fast; leave destitute/without; render void;; desert/leave/abandon/forsake/leave in lurch; disappoint/let down; fail/give up;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...obnixum uictor detrusit in Austrum. has uada destituunt, atque interrupta profundo terra ferit puppes, dubioque obnoxia fato pars..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...partis utriusque amici, quasi probe faciant, duos litigantes destituunt et relinquunt deduntque eos advocatis malivolis aut avaris..."ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...omnis solidae uoluptatis ignaros, falsa et mobilia oblectamenta destituunt: at ille qui se laetis rebus non inflauit..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ambitiosum declamandi sudorem praestitisse contenti, cum turba laudantium destituunt subsellia, pugnamque illam decretoriam imperitis ac saepe pullatae turbae..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...amissus eunti limes, et errantem comitis solacia flammae destituunt gelidaeque facem uicere tenebrae! iamque supinantur fessis lateque fatiscunt..."Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tumidus regale petebat. interea pulsi uallum exitiale Pelasgi destituunt furto; nulli sua signa suusque ductor: eunt taciti passim..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...intrat Oceanum et si quos incerto litore Syrtes destituunt. ne perge queri casusque priorum adnumerare tibi: nostro quoque..."