parcant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →parco, parcere, parcui, parsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
forbear, refrain from; spare; show consideration; be economical/thrifty with;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quae corpus et sine mora lassent et tempori parcant, cuius praecipua ratio habenda est: cursus et cum aliquo..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...moror. i, refoue dubium turbaeque ferenti dic, parcant leuiterque uehant; ego uulnera doctum iungere supremique fugam reuocare cruoris..."