satagere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →satago, satagere, sategi, satactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bustle about, fuss, busy one's self; be hard pressed, have one's hands full;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
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Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod Domitius Afer de sura Manlio dixit, "satagere" ineptissimum: urbaneque Flavus Verginius interrogavit de quodam suo antisophiste quot..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...togam deicientem et reponentem, non agere dixit sed satagere. Est enim dictum per se urbanum "satagere", etiam..."
