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iacent

iacent is a Latin form of iaceo, meaning “lie, lie down”. It is the 3rd person plural present active indicative.

Found 148 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.7: … omnium sacrorum fanorumque violatae, simulacraque deorum, quae non modo ex suis templis ablata sunt sed etiam iacent in tenebris ab isto retrusa atque abdita, consistere eius animum sine furore atque amentia non sinunt.

Petronius, Satyricon 81: … reliquit veteris amicitiae nomen et, pro pudor, tanquam mulier secutuleia unius noctis tactu omnia vendidit. Iacent nunc amatores obligati noctibus totis, et forsitan mutuis libidinibus attriti derident solitudinem meam. Sed …

Plautus, Amphitruo 5.1.1053: Spes átque opes vitaé meae iacént sepultae in pectore,

All forms of iaceo (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.