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eramus

eramus is a Latin form of sum, meaning “be, exist; (as auxiliary) is, are, was”. It is the 1st person plural imperfect active indicative.

Found 44 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 141: … or: forte evenit ut ruri in Privernati essemus ego et Brutus filius, fundum Privernatem flagitabat; in Albano eramus ego et Brutus filius, Albanum poscebat; in Tiburti forte cum adsedissemus ego et Brutus filius, Tiburtem fund …

All forms of sum (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.