curves
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. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...omni. devolat inde furens nec quo via curve profecti nec genus ante rogat, sed tali protonat ira: 'incipite..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...coerceat undas Cecropio stagnata luto, cur invida Memphis, , curve Therapnaei lasciviat ora Canopi, cur servet Pharias Lethaeus ianitor..."- G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...enim posteris amplior honor, quam maioribus, haberetur? curve non retro quoque recurreret aequitas eadem? Tu quidem, Caesar, illam..."