sileas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sileo, silere, silui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
be silent, not to speak (about); be quiet; not to function;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...impotens tumido feroces impetus animo geris? licet ipsa sileas, totus in uultu est dolor. proin quidquid..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...difficilem et morosum offendet garrulus: ultra 'non' 'etiam' sileas; Davus sis comicus atque stes capite obstipo, multum similis..." - G
Liber I
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...silenda feceris, factum ipsum, si laudanda non sileas, ipse culparis. Me vero peculiaris quaedam impedit ratio. Etenim hunc..."