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
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..."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..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...senatoribus eius rei initio orto in publicum conferebamus; uiduae et pupilli pecunias suas in aerarium deferebant; cautum erat..."