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liquere

liquere is a Latin form of liqueo, meaning “be liquid; (impers. liquet) it is clear, evident”.

It can also be a form of linquo, “leave, abandon”. It is the 3rd person plural perfect active indicative.

Found 33 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 76: … ssent neque eum de quo esset orta suspicio pecunia oppugnatum re illa incognita primo condemnare vellent, non liquere dixerunt. non nulli autem severi homines qui hoc statuerunt, quo quisque animo quid faceret spectari oportere …

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 2.16.1: Liquere hoc tibi, Lucili, scio, neminem posse beate vivere, ne tolerabiliter quidem sine sapientiae studio et beatam …

All forms of liqueo (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.