carebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caro, carere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
card/comb (wool/flax/etc.);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →careo, carere, carui, caritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be without/absent from/devoid of/free from; miss; abstain from, lack, lose;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Pelopidas
Cornelius Nepos
"...scribere exorsi sumus, pulsus patria carebat. Hi omnes fere Athenas se contulerant, non quo sequerentur otium..."Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...regi. Hinc tamen se expedivit; neque eo magis carebat suspicione. Nam opinio manebat eum cum rege habere societatem..."Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...decrevit. Erat enim inter eos dignitate regia, quamvis carebat nomine, neque id magis imperio quam iustitia consecutus. Neque..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...furiisque inmanibus emptum Oedipodae sedisse loco. iam sorte carebat dilatus Polynicis honos. quis tunc tibi, saeue, quis fuit..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dedit, sine coniuge caelebs vivebat thalamique diu consorte carebat. interea niveum mira feliciter arte sculpsit ebur formamque dedit..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...cognoscendus Athenas ingrediorque domum; culpa domus ipsa carebat castaque signa dabat dominoque erat anxia rapto: vix aditus..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quod cognoscere possent Solis equi, solitaque iugum gravitate carebat; utque labant curvae iusto sine pondere naves perque mare..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...virgo tradita, mater erat; Penelope mansit, quamvis custode carebat, inter tot iuvenes intemerata procos. Quidquid servatur cupimus magis..."