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..."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..."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..."