adducebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adduco, adducere, adduxi, adductus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lead up/to/away; bring up/to; persuade, induce; lead, bring; contract, tighten;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Epaminondas
Cornelius Nepos
"...imperabat. Eamque summam cum fecerat, priusquam acciperet pecuniam, adducebat eum, qui quaerebat, ad eos, qui conferebant, eique..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quia ille filiam communem immolaverat et captivam paelicem adducebat. Idem putant et sub una quaestione esse plures rationes..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...amicos retinebat et dubitantes terrore ad condiciones pacis adducebat. Tali condicione proposita Bituriges, cum sibi viderent clementia Caesaris..."