placendis
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;
abl. pl. fut. pass. part.dat. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...expellit dicendi necessitas, et secundos impetus auget placendi cupido: adeo pretium omnia spectant, ut eloquentia quoque, quamquam plurimum..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...forsitan unus erit. Omnibus illa locis maneat studiosa placendi, Et curam tota mente decoris agat. Casus ubique valet..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...theatra bene canere musicos doceant. Omnes enim, qui placendi causa scribunt, qualia placere viderint scribent. Ac mihi quidem..."