crevi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cerno, cernere, crevi, cretus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide;; come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up);; thrive, increase (size/number/honor), multiply; ascend; attain, be promoted;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Cistellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...antehac te amavi et mi amicam esse crevi, mea Gymnasium, et matrem tuam, tum id mihi hodie aperuistis..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...queritur labris puncta puella meis; sed tibi non crevi; te noster vilicus horret, te dispensator, te domus ipsa..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...argumentum: exeo, si plus quam tibi expedit crevi.' Quidni ego admirer hanc magnitudinem animi, qua in exilium voluntarium..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...versantem turbine leti eripui, et potius germanum amittere crevi, quam tibi fallaci supremo in tempore dessem..."
