adigebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adigo, adigere, adegi, adactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
drive in/to (cattle), force, impel; cast, hurl; consign (curse); bind (oath);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...Provinciam omnem in sua et Pompei verba iusiurandum adigebat. Cognitis eis rebus, quae sunt gestae in citeriore Hispania..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...iungitur capiti ceruix quanto maximo poterat ictu adigebat. ea celerrima uia mortis in tantae molis belua inuenta erat..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...rectius foret. hinc dolor iniuriarum et libido vindictae adigebat: sed disserebatur contra suscipi bellum avio itinere, importuoso mari..."