canebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cano, canere, cani, canitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Later
sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →caneo, canere, canui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/become covered in white; be hoary, be white/gray (with age);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...urna; solus enim haec Ithacus nullo sub teste canebat. nos miranda quidem sed nuper consule Iunco gesta super..."de Spectaculis
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial) from EPIGRAMMATON LIBRI
"...Nemees in ualle leonem nobile et Herculeum fama canebat opus. Prisca fides taceat: nam post tua munera, Caesar..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...committat Erinys. namque datum hoc fatis trepidus supplexque canebat Mopsus, ut in seros irent magis ista nepotes atque..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...monstrum exitiabile dictu! mox adaperta fides) fato ducente canebat saetigerumque suem et fuluum aduentare leonem. id uoluens..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...intendere nervis, semper equos atque arma virum pugnasque canebat. Tandem ductores audita caede suorum conveniunt Teucri, Mnestheus acerque..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...volitans argenteus anser porticibus Gallos in limine adesse canebat; Galli per dumos aderant arcemque tenebant defensi tenebris..."Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...delusit Apollo, qui fore te ponto incolumem finisque canebat venturum Ausonios. en haec promissa fides est?' ille autem..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Tages.' flexa sic omina Tuscusinuoluens multaque tegens ambage canebat. at Figulus, cui cura deos secretaque caelinosse fuit, quem..."