linquebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →linquo, linquere, liqui, lictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
leave, quit, forsake; abandon, desist from; allow to remain in place; bequeath;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nimio tum plus quam nunc mortalia saecla dulcia linquebant lamentis lumina vitae. unus enim tum quisque magis deprensus..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...extrema minantem conspicit; abscedunt comites: sed Thesea iussi linquebant fretique deis atque ipsius armis, ille tenet reuocatque suos..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Pulsa sitis fluuio, populataque gurgitis alueum agmina linquebant ripas amnemque minorem; acrior et campum sonipes rapit et pedes..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...miserandaque venit arboribusque satisque lues et letifer annus. linquebant dulcis animas aut aegra trahebant corpora; tum sterilis exurere..."