parcebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...evitabat fama nec patrem, iam meis auribus nemo parcebat. interrogare non audebam, dissimulare non poteram. fallitur, quisquis..." - T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...regione quidem propinqua fuisset? et parcebat magis Onomasto, honoratiori amico, et eundem indicem haud paulo plus timebat, quia..."