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
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..."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..."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..."