placebas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →placeo, placere, placui, placitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Taking Dative
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
please, satisfy, give pleasure to (with dat.);; it is pleasing/satisfying, gives pleasure; is believed/settled/agreed/decided;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...praeceptis salutaribus et dura vincentibus, satis adversus fortunam placebas tibi, et multo magis postquam cum illa manum conseruisti..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...ipse comes? scilicet et populo per me comitata placebas; causa fuit multis noster amoris amor. turpia quid referam..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...quoque veste fuit. Alba decent fuscas: albis, Cephei, placebas: Sic tibi vestitae pressa Seriphos erat. Quam paene admonui..."