attollebatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →attollo, attollere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
raise/lift up/towards/to a higher position; erect, build; exalt; extol, exalt;
sg. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...bonum principem, * * * falsa aberant, et studiis senatus attollebatur. isque praecipuus illi dies magnae offensae initium et magnae gloriae..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...arma tractantium incusans. simul virtus Germanici exercitus laudibus attollebatur, Vitellii modica et vulgari mentione, nulla in Vespasianum contumelia..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...poposcit locus. Apte enim et varie nunc attollebatur, nunc residebat; excelsa depressis, exilia plenis, severis iucunda mutabat, omnia..."