esses
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ed, esse, -, -:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →sum, esse, fui, futurus:
Verb · Compounds Of To Be
be; exist; (irregular verb sum/esse)
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...uinquiens decrevit senatus supp[lica]ndum esse dis immortalibus. Dies a[utem, pe]r quos ex senatus consulto..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...arma, hīc currus fuit; hōc rēgnum dea gentibus esse, sī quā Fāta sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque. Prōgeniem..."Aeneid IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...armis! credo equidem, nec vana fides, genus esse deorum. degeneres animos timor arguit. heu, quibus ille iactatus fatis..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...genitori instaurat honores, incertus geniumne loci famulumne parentis esse putet; caedit binas de more bidentis totque sues, totidem..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...tuorum; ostendent terris hunc tantum fata nec ultra esse sinent. nimium vobis Romana propago visa potens, superi, propria..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vexerit arva, mortalem eripiam formam magnique iubebo aequoris esse deas, qualis Nereia Doto et Galatea secant spumantem pectore..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...alma Cybebe numen habere maris nymphasque e navibus esse iusserat, innabant pariter fluctusque secabant, quot prius aeratae steterant..."Res Gestae I
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...prospere gestas quinquagiens et quinquiens decrevit senatus supplicandum esse dis immortalibus. Dies autem, per quos ex senatus consulto..."