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
- C
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - C
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..."