curvavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...aquis. XXXIV Falx. Pax me certa ducis placidos curvavit in usus. Agricolae nunc sum, militis ante fui. XXXV..."- P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mota est "factis" que "placebimus" inquit. nec mora, curvavit cornu nervoque sagittam inpulit et meritam traiecit harundine linguam..." - P
Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quae magis audiat arcus, oppositoque genu curvavit flexile cornum inque cor hamata percussit harundine Ditem. '"Haud procul Hennaeis..."