frustra Adverb

Translations

  1. in vain
  2. for nothing
  3. to no purpose

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

tum primum radiis gelidi caluere Triones et vetito frustra temptarunt aequore tingui, quaeque polo posita est glaciali proxima Serpens, frigore pigra prius nec formidabi

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses II
Gaius Julius Caesar

Nostri primo integris viribus fortiter propugnare neque ullum frustra telum ex loco superiore mittere, et quaecumque pars castrorum nudata defensoribus premi videbatur, eo occurrere

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum III
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

sordidus a tenui victu distabit Ofello iudice: nam frustra vitium vitaveris illud, si te alio pravum detorseris.

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber II
Marcus Tullius Cicero

p Et ne forte me hoc frustra pollicitum esse praedices, te, te inquam, Fanni, ab tuis subselliis contra te testem suscitabo.

~ Cicero, Pro Roscio Comodeo

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