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desaevio

pluperfect subj

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Where it lives

De Scorpiace 2 · 2.51/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.46/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k
Aeneid 2 · 0.32/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

dē -saevĭo — Lewis & Short

dē -saevĭo, ĭi (the

I pluperfect subj. contr. desaevisset, Suet. Ner. 29), 4, v. n.

I To rave furiously, to rage (not anteAug., and very rare): toto Aeneas desaevit in aequore, Verg. A. 10, 569: pelago hiems, id. ib. 4, 52: omnes in artus, Luc. 6, 540; cf. Suet. Ner. 29: tragica in arte, * Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 14: belli Punici procella, Flor. 2, 6, 12: ira tua desaeviet, Vulg. Num. 16, 22.—*

II To cease raving or raging: nec dum desaeviat ira, Exspectat, Luc. 5, 304.

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