excubat
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. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...labores summa ducis uirtus, qui nuda fusus harena excubat atque omni fortunam prouocat hora. omnibus unus adest fatis..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...quid portat pectore anhelo? Nvntivs Quicumque tectis excubat miles ducis, defendat aulam, cui furor populi imminet. trepidi cohortes..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...iubet ipse timeri, contractaeque uices et crebrior excubat ignis. ergo deis fratrique moras excusat et amens, ut paulum..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...recludunt damnaque commemorant, seu iam sub culmine fixus excubat, antiquo seu pendet gloria luco. at ferus Hippomedon quamquam..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...esse magistros. omnis per muros legio sortita periclum excubat exercetque vices, quod cuique tuendum est. Nisus erat portae..."