adfligebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfligo, adfligere, adflixi, adflictus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
overthrow/throw down; afflict, damage, crush, break, ruin; humble, weaken, vex;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cadentem nauem cum ingenti trepidatione nautarum ita undae adfligebant ut etiamsi recta recciderat, aliquantum aquae acciperet. ita maritima..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...dextera nuda ferrum, saxa aut quid tale capita adfligebant. E muris panis sportis demittebant. Moenibus deturbat. Ne illa..."Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...minus tali largitione quam corripiendis pecuniis subiectos adfligebant, dum, quae libidine deliquerant, ambitu propugnant. Factum et senatus consultum..."