curvare
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;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...regunt. quae si mutare valerem, nec nostrum seri curvarent Aeacon anni, perpetuumque aevi florem Rhadamanthus haberet cum Minoe..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ille Sinis magnis male viribus usus, qui poterat curvare trabes et agebat ab alto ad terram late sparsuras..."