ciebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cieo, ciere, civi, citus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
move, set in motion; excite/rouse/stir up; urge on; summon/muster/call up;; disturb, shake; provoke (war); invoke, call on by name; cite; raise/produce;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →cio, cire, civi(ii), citus:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
move, set in motion; excite/rouse/stir up; urge on; summon/muster/call up;; disturb, shake; provoke (war); invoke, call on by name; cite; raise/produce;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...proceris tympana palmis, aut tereti tenuis tinnitus aere ciebant; multis raucisonos efflabant cornua bombos barbaraque horribili stridebat tibia..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animos in adversum Romani subiere. Principes utrimque pugnam ciebant ab Sabinis Mettius Curtius, ab Romanis Hostius Hostilius..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Classicus et Civilis suis quisque locis pugnam ciebant, Gallos pro libertate, Batavos pro gloria, Germanos ad praedam instigantes..."
