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
- L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."