adoriebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adorio, adorire, -, adoritus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
assail/assault/attack, rise against (military/political/plague); accost/address;; improperly influence; undertake/try/attempt/come to grips; begin/set to work;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd - Entry →adorior, adoriri, adortus sum:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
assail/assault/attack, rise against (military/political/plague); accost/address;; improperly influence; undertake/try/attempt/come to grips; begin/set to work;
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...aggeri ignem inferebant aut milites occupatos in opere adoriebantur, et nostrarum turrium altitudinem, quantum has cotidianus agger expresserat..."Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...singulares ex navi egredientes conspexerant, incitatis equis impeditos adoriebantur, plures paucos circumsistebant, alii ab latere aperto in universos..."