pernoctare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pernocto, pernoctare, pernoctavi, pernoctatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spend the night; occupy the night (w/person or in place); guard all night;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mavelim patulam bovem cumque ea noctem in stramentis pernoctare perpetem, quam tuas centum cenatas noctes mihi dono dari..."de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...iniquum fortes uiros arma sumere et in castris pernoctare et pro uallo obligatis stare uulneribus, interim in urbe..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...Bellovaci, cum Romanos ad insequendum paratos viderent neque pernoctare aut diutius permanere sine periculo eodem loco possent, tale..."