excusabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →excuso, excusare, excusavi, excusatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
excuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XLI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Licinius Crassus sacrificiis se impediri sollemnibus excusabat, ne in prouinciam iret; citerior Hispania obuenerat. ceterum aut ire iussus..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...coeptus, L. Scipio morbum causae esse, cur abesset, excusabat. Quam excusationem cum tribuni, qui diem dixerant, non acciperent..."