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
- P
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..." - G
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..."