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
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..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animos in adversum Romani subiere. Principes utrimque pugnam ciebant ab Sabinis Mettius Curtius, ab Romanis Hostius Hostilius..."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..."
