cadebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cado, cadere, cecidi, casus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Ecloga I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...sera tamen respexit inertem, candidior postquam tondenti barba cadebat, respexit tamen et longo post tempore venit, postquam..." - G
Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...cohors procurrerat, ab ea parte magnus numerus hostium cadebat. Qua re animadversa Ambiorix pronuntiari iubet, ut procul tela..."