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
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..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...regione quidem propinqua fuisset? et parcebat magis Onomasto, honoratiori amico, et eundem indicem haud paulo plus timebat, quia..."