cernebam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cerno, cernere, crevi, cretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pacto, respexi non sponte, soror. turbata repente omnia cernebam, subitusque intercidit ignis, meque sequebatur rabido clamore reposcens mater..."- T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uana ad uos adferendo fidem abrogarem mihi; cernebam nobilissimas Asiae et Graeciae ciuitates in dies magis denudantis iudicia..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...feritate insita, temptaui et, postquam indomitos atque implacabiles cernebam, tum demum ui atque armis coercendos ratus sum.' 'Nunc..."