luerunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →luo, luere, lui, lutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pay; pay fine, compensate/atone; [poenam ~ => suffer punishment as expiation];; atone, make amends for, expiate; compensate; liberate/set free; redeem (debt);; fulfill (promise), make good; discharge (debt); avert (trouble) by expiation;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Appendix Perottina
Gaius Phaedrus
"...castae coniugis.Interea fanum qui compilarant Iouis,cruci suffixi luerunt poenas numini.Horum reliquias ne quis posset tollere,custodes dantur..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...multo pars per fidem uiolati colloquii poenas morte luerunt. Romani ardentibus ira animis postero die omnibus copiis..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...provinciales ut socios ministrosque proconsulis plecti oporteret; poenas luerunt. Accusavi Marium Priscum, qui lege repetundarum damnatus utebatur clementia..."