distulissent
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. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...oratione pulcherrima quam pro Milone scriptam reliquit male distulisse narrationem videtur tribus praepositis quaestionibus, aut profuisset exponere..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...extemplo transiret urbemque traderet ita respondit ut distulisse rem magis quam negasse uideretur. A Corintho Quinctius Anticyram traiecit..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...protinus ad urbem Romanam duxisset; illa enim cunctatio distulisse modo victoriam videri potuit, hic error vires ademisse..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iter fugae esset, et equitem passim liberi frenis distulissent equi, Veientium maxima pars Tiberim effusi petunt, Fidenatium..."