edissent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →edo, edere, edi, esus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...dimissis pueris quaedam per fenestram, ut uideretur edisse, proiecit; a cena deinde, quasi iam satis in cubiculo edisset..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...corui non lacerasse tantum rostris crediti sed etiam edisse; mures Antii coronam auream adrosere; circa Capuam omnem agrum..."