abdere

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Graecí igitur simul ac mónstrum vídérunt, terróre paene exanimátí in interiórem partem spéluncae refúgérunt et sé ibi abdere cónábantur.

Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
Although it is weakly attested, _latuit_ should be read here in view of the use of _abdere_ at

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
Perfect in - ī with Reduplication. ab-dō abdere abdidī abditus _conceal_ red-dō red-dere reddidī redditus _return_

New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
Milites Romani, perculsi tumultu insolito, arma capere alii, alii se abdere, pars territos confirmare, trepidare [227] omnibus locis; vis magna hostium, coelum nocte atque nubibus obscuratum, periculum anceps, [228] postremo fugere an manere tutius foret, in incerto erat.

C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
_latere_ is often virtually a passive form of _abdere_.

The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid