differam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →differo, differre, distuli, dilatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
postpone/delay/differ; put off, keep waiting; give respite to; differ, disagree;; spread abroad; scatter/disperse; separate; defame; confound/bewilder, distract;
sg. fut. act. ind. 1stsg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Ingere mala multa. PS. Iam ego te differam dictis meis. impudice. BAL. Itast. CAL. Sceleste. BAL. Dicis vera..." - T
Aulularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nisi reddi mihi vasa iubes, pipulo hic differam ante aedis. quid ego nunc agam? ne ego edepol veni..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Puto intellegi istud verbum interisse. Ne te longe differam, quaedam simplicia in usu erant, sicut 'cernere ferro inter..." - L
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...implere, in alium diem hanc litem cum dialecticis differam nimium subtilibus et hoc solum curantibus..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Quid autem quisque in dicendo postulet locus paulum differam, ut de gestu prius dicam, qui et ipse voci..."