excubaret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excubo, excubare, excubui, excubitus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
sleep/lie in the open/out of doors; keep watch; be attentive;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...gratias agere, quod pro salute sua etiam dormiens excubaret. Irae atque iracundiae conscius sibi, utramque excusavit edicto distinxitque..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...hostium paene contingeret, et Caesar ad opus consuetudine excubaret milites que hortaretur, ne quod omnino tempus ab opere..."