sileo
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. ind. 1st
Examples
VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...comitatu, fastiditis noctibus pulsataque facie filium complorat occisum? sileo adhuc illa, per quae parricidii crevit immanitas; occisum filium..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...arripe opem. iamque ultima nobis promere fata nefas. sileo prior.' atque ita facto fine dedit tacitis iterum responsa..."