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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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..."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..."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..."