conferebamus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confero, conferre, contuli, collatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bring together, carry/convey; collect/gather, compare; unite, add; direct/aim;; discuss/debate/confer; oppose; pit/match against another; blame; bestow/assign;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
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Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...eimererer accessit. Adhuc enim velut studia inter nos conferebamus, et si parum nostra institutio probaretur a ceteris, contenti..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...etiam amaret, cotidieque inter nos ea, quae audiebamus, conferebamus, neque erat umquam controversia, quid ego intellegerem, sed quid..." - T
Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...senatoribus eius rei initio orto in publicum conferebamus; uiduae et pupilli pecunias suas in aerarium deferebant; cautum erat..."