differebat
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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...bellis cultu et feritate non multum a Germanis differebat neque imperata umquam nisi exercitu coacta faciebat. Interim Gaius..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnes conatus Antiochi praeparabat: Nabis iam non differebat bellum sed summa ui Gytheum oppugnabat et infestus Achaeis, quod..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...occultans stulta dissimulatione remedia potius malorum quam mala differebat. quippe confitenti consultantique supererant spes viresque: cum e contrario..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...religione nec caerimoniis sed latebra inminens exitium differebat, cum advenere missu Othonis nominatim in caedem eius ardentis Sulpicius..."