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..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uana ad uos adferendo fidem abrogarem mihi; cernebam nobilissimas Asiae et Graeciae ciuitates in dies magis denudantis iudicia..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...feritate insita, temptaui et, postquam indomitos atque implacabiles cernebam, tum demum ui atque armis coercendos ratus sum.' 'Nunc..."