cogitabat

cogitabat is a Latin form of cogito, meaning “think, consider”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 36 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.57.1: Labienus, cum et loci natura et manu munitissumis castris sese teneret, de suo ac legionis periculo nihil timebat; ne quam occasionem rei bene gerendae dimitteret, cogitabat.

Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 7.2.10: … olestius, inquit, feret se a Popillio occidi quam occidi. MARCELLVS AESERNINVS eundem colorem aliter induxit. Cogitabat, inquit, secum Antonius: quod Ciceroni excogitabo supplicium? occidi iussero? olim iam aduersus hunc metum em …

All forms of cogito (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.