curvantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curvo, curvare, curvavi, curvatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bend/arch, make curved/bent; form a curve; make stoop/bow/yield; influence;
pl. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...pontes et portas fuisse, quarum fere summa curvantur. Excidit porro vobis eundem Democritum invenisse quemadmodum ebur molliretur, quemadmodum..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ergo modo levia fulvae colla iubae velant, digiti curvantur in ungues, ex umeris armi fiunt, in pectora totum..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...petit invicta Palladis hasta manu. nobis flexibiles curvantur Apollinis arcus; in nos alta Iovis dextera fulmen habet. formosas..."