crevimus
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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...prima pueritia mala sequuntur: inter exsecrationes parentum crevimus. Exaudiant di quandoque nostram pro nobis vocem gratuitam. Quousque poscemus..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haud facile efficiant; adeo in quae laboramus sola crevimus, diuitias luxuriamque. Inter cetera tristia eius anni consul alter..."