sileant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sileo, silere, silui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
be silent, not to speak (about); be quiet; not to function;
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...opus, quod nec Cecropiae damnent Pandionis arces nec sileant nostri praetereantque senes. Ante fores stantem dubitas admittere Famam..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...vero in mediis exsangui rege reperto aggeribus, tristi sileant ceu cetera planctu, sic famulum matrumque dolor, sic omnis..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...certent laetitia, nosterque ex ordine collis confremat, et sileant peioris murmura famae. quippe manet longumque aevo redeunte manebit..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quidem suo. Absit invidia verbo et civilia bella sileant: nunquam ab equite hoste, nunquam a pedite, nunquam aperta..."