comparebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →compareo, comparere, comparui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
appear/come in sight; be visible/present/in evidence/clearly stated/forthcoming;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Vidularia
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...tempestas maxima. 100 Non. 258M Signum recte comparebat; huius contendi anulum. Non. 138M Malim moriri meos quam mendicarier..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...propinqua. nec tamen omnino temere illis solibus ulla comparebat avis, nec tristia saecla ferarum exibant silvis. languebant pleraque..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...nauibus per indutias captis nihil praeter ipsas comparebat naues, nec inquisitio erat facilis aduersantibus paci qui arguerentur. placuit..."