constabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →consto, constare, constiti, constatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
agree/correspond/fit, be correct; be dependent/based upon; exist/continue/last;; be certain/decided/consistent/sure/fixed/established/well-known/apparent/plain;; stand firm/still/erect/together; remain motionless/constant; consist of/in;; it is agreed/evident/understood/correct/well known (everyone knows/agrees);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Titus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...etiam nuptias pollicitus ferebatur; suspecta rapacitas, quod constabat in cognitionibus patris nundinari praemiarique solitum; deinque propalam alium Neronem..."Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...pridem propter nervorum valitudinem vix ingredi longeque abesse constabat. Ac statim advenere litterae, fusas apud Cremonam Vitelli copias..."II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...induxit caeco novercam; factum est eo tempore, quo constabat patrem filio senem solvendo non esse. contenderim quin immo..."In Catilinam III
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...primum Gallos ad Gabinium perductos esse constabat. [15] Atque ea lenitate senatus est usus, Quirites, ut ex tanta..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...condidit et nomen tumulati traxit in urbem.' talia constabat certa primordia fama esse loci positaeque Italis in finibus..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mater erat Mycale, quam deduxisse canendo saepe reluctanti constabat cornua lunae. "non impune feres, teli modo copia detur..."Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...causam, quorum magnus ad eum cotidie numerus confluebat. Constabat inter omnes, quod iam ipse Caesar per exploratores cognoverat..."Atticus
Cornelius Nepos from LIBER DE LATINIS HISTORICIS
"...hereditate relictam; cuius amoenitas non aedificio, sed silva constabat. Ipsum enim tectum antiquitus constitutum plus salis quam sumptus..."