excusem
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. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
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V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...hanc rerum naturae, non faciam contumeliam legi, ut excusem vel pessimum patrem, ut sacro nomini temptem gratiam petere..." - M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...reliquerat matrem. Non expectetis certum habeo, iudices, ut excusem, quod pater induxit caeco novercam; factum est eo tempore..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...dilationem petam, et pauculos dies, certe proximum, excusem. Difficile est, sed experiar, καὶ γάρ τ᾽ ὄναρ ἐκ . . . διός..."