conferebat
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;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...pacem agere; omnia illa quae in me indulgentissime conferebat, pecuniam honores gratiam, eo loco posui unde posset sine..."XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sibi videbatur parum implere, quem pro duobus conferebat, adfectum. rarus hic namque ad oscula, difficilis amplexibus..."Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...frumentum ex agris cotidie in castra conferebat et, quae gravissime adflictae erant naves, earum materia atque aere..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cedere inde coepit. Marcellus uestigiis instabat castraque castris conferebat, et opere perfecto extemplo in aciem legiones educebat. Hannibal..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...solum apud Caecinam, qui culpam in militem conferebat seditioni magis quam proelio paratum: Fabii quoque Valentis copiae..."