piaris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pio, piare, piavi, piatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
appease, propitiate; cleanse, expiate;
sg. futperf. act. ind. 2ndsg. perf. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →pio, piare, piavi, piatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
appease, propitiate; cleanse, expiate;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Nummis. MEN. Nummum a me accipe: iube te piari de mea pecunia. nam equidem insanum esse te certo..."Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...sicca fuisse novem, Cum Thrasius Busirin adit, monstratque piari Hospitis adfuso sanguine posse Iovem. Illi Busiris 'fies Iovis..."
