silebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sileo, silere, silui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
be silent, not to speak (about); be quiet; not to function;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pectora somno 505dat uires fortuna minor; iam castra silebant,tertia iam uigiles commouerat hora secundos:Caesar sollicito..." - P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...parabatur) in rivos diductus supersta gnavisset. nec Reatini silebant, Velinum lacum, qua in Narem effunditur, obstrui recusantes, quippe..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...inligari pars consilii pacisque erat. Nec ceterae nationes silebant. subita per Pontum arma barbarum mancipium, regiae quondam classis..."