possidebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →possideo, possidere, possedi, possessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
seize, hold, be master of; possess, take/hold possession of, occupy; inherit;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →possido, possidere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
seize, hold, be master of; possess, take/hold possession of, occupy; inherit;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...poeta in fundo suo, quem in agro Falisco possidebat, agitare erat solitus vindemiam hilare atque amoeniter..."de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...censorium crimen erat paucae argenti lamellae possidebat ipse quadragies sestertium, minus sine dubio quam Crassus, plus quam censorius..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...emacitatis reprehensionem. Plures isdem in locis villas possidebat, adamatisque novis priores neglegebat. Multum ubique librorum, multum statuarum, multum..."