convallem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →convallo, convallare, convallavi, convallatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
surround with a rampart/entrenchment; hedge in; encircle, surround (L+S);
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →convallis, convallis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
valley (much shut in), ravine, deep/narrow/enclosed valley, glen; (also pl.);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...maior pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset, ex utraque parte eius vallis subito se ostenderunt novissimosque premere..."de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...fuissent fautores, antea litteras miserat Caesarem nolle in convallem descendere, quod maiorem partem exercitus tironem haberet. Hae litterae..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...collem quem capere volebat perveniretur. ultraque eam convallem olivetum vetus crebris arboribus condensum. Hic cum Labienus animadvertisset Caesarem..."
