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silere

silere is a Latin form of sileo, meaning “be silent, keep quiet (about)”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.81: quam ob rem si suscipis domesticae laudis patrocinium, me non solum silere de vestris monumentis oportebit, sed etiam laetari P. Africani. eius modi fortunam esse mortui ut eius honos …

Seneca the Younger, Phaedra 882: Silere pergit, verbere ac vinclis opus;

All forms of sileo (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.