distulimus
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...undaspromissam memini, cuius spe mouimus arma, 255in quam distulimus uetitos remeare triumphos,[haec eadem est hodie quae pignora..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Nemo quicquam habet facti; in futurum enim nostra distulimus. Nihil me magis in ista voce delectat quam quod..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...invisum spiritum produceremus, fecimus; una causa mortem distulimus, quod, si expirassemus, idem timebamus. Et ego quidem me consumptis..."