differebantur
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;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...commeatus aderant, castraque in plano sita vi fluminis differebantur. Potuisse tunc opprimi legiones et voluisse Germanos, sed dolo..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...quid rogassent, quid non impetrassent, donec plane scirent, differebantur. Tu ne rogari quidem sustinuisti, et quamquam laetissimum oculis..."