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vetant

vetant is a Latin form of veto, meaning “forbid, prohibit”. It is the 3rd person plural present active indicative.

Found 46 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.45: … licuerit aedificare navem senatori; antiquae sunt istae leges et mortuae, quem ad modum tu soles dicere, quae vetant. fuit ista res publica quondam, fuit ista severitas in iudiciis, ut istam rem accusator in magnis criminibus …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.53.10: cum si nihil morarentur infensus ira porro inde abiturus uideretur, benigne ab Gabinis excipitur. uetant mirari si, qualis in ciues, qualis in socios, talis ad ultimum in liberos esset;

All forms of veto (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.