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tuebatur

tuebatur is a Latin form of tueor, meaning “look at, watch; protect”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect passive indicative.

Found 51 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.23: … ta et in litore relicta pedibus Adrumetum perfugerat. Id oppidum C. Considius Longus unius legionis praesidio tuebatur. Reliquae Caesaris naves eius fuga se Adrumetum receperunt. Hunc secutus Marcius Rufus quaestor navibus XII, …

All forms of tueor (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.