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haerebat

haerebat is a Latin form of haereo, meaning “stick, cling, hold fast; hesitate, be at a loss”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect active indicative.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 86: … m est nunc rettulisse demiror. qui enim poterat tum in gratiam redire cum Oppianico Cluentius, qui cum matre? haerebat in tabulis publicis reus et accusator; condemnati erant Fabricii; nec elabi alio accusatore poterat Albius ne …

Ovid, Heroides 5.70: Haerebat gremio turpis amica tuo!

All forms of haereo (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.