ambesae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ambedo, ambedere, ambedi, ambesus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat/gnaw around the edge; erode (water); waste; eat, consume, devour; char;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...magnae laudis egentis. ipsi transtra novant flammisque ambesa reponunt robora navigiis, aptant remosque rudentisque, exigui numero, sed bello..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...urbem quam vos dira fames nostraeque iniuria caedis ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas.' dixit, et in silvam pennis..."