debellanda
Dictionary entries
- Entry →debello, debellare, debellavi, debellatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fight out/to a finish; bring a battle/war to an end; vanquish, subdue;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.acc. pl. fut. pass. part.nom. sg. fut. pass. part.nom. pl. fut. pass. part.voc. sg. fut. pass. part.voc. pl. fut. pass. part.
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...genere militiae quo numquam quies, numquam otium datur: debellandae sunt in primis voluptates, quae, ut vides, saeva quoque..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...defer in Italiam. gens dura atque aspera cultu debellanda tibi Latio est. Ditis tamen ante infernas accede domos..."