strangulat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →strangulo, strangulare, strangulavi, strangulatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strangle/throttle; suffocate/stifle/smother; choke; constrict way; keep close;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...admirandisque lacertis; sed pluris nimia congesta pecunia cura strangulat et cuncta exuperans patrimonia census quanto delphinis ballaena Britannica..."VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...redemi. At illum interim cotidie situs carceris strangulat, insidunt ossibus catenae; exemplum saeculi in myoparone moritur. mater..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...vultu curarum ignara voluptas; 150non tibi sepositas infelix strangulat areadivitias avidique animum dispendia torquentfenoris: expositi census et docta..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...suscitat et elicit fontem; cum repletum, moratur et strangulat? Scrutare tu causas - potes enim -, quae tantum miraculum efficiunt..."