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
- P
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..." - P
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..."