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
- T
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cadentem nauem cum ingenti trepidatione nautarum ita undae adfligebant ut etiamsi recta recciderat, aliquantum aquae acciperet. ita maritima..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...dextera nuda ferrum, saxa aut quid tale capita adfligebant. E muris panis sportis demittebant. Moenibus deturbat. Ne illa..." - P
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..."