deferebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defero, deferre, detuli, delatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
carry/bring/sink/fall down/off; convey/deliver/transfer; reduce/slope (down to);; flow/carry/run down (to sea); pay/remit; deposit/record/register; bear/produce;; bring/lodge information (about), report; indict, accuse, denounce; defer (to);; offer; bestow upon, confer/award/grant, entrust; submit, refer for decision;; honor; export (medieval usage);
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...auderent. Adiuvabat etiam eorum consilium qui rem deferebant quod Nervii antiquitus, cum equitatu nihil possent (neque enim..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conferebamus; uiduae et pupilli pecunias suas in aerarium deferebant; cautum erat quo ne plus auri et argenti facti..."Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...conferri, nusquam eas tutius sanctiusque deponere credentibus qui deferebant quam in publica fide; inde si quid emptum paratumque..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...plebe homines quibus datum negotium erat domos deferebant. Unam longe ante alias specie ac pulchritudine insignem a globo..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...addito honestae missionis lenimento, arma ad tribunos suos deferebant, donec motum a Vespasiano bellum crebresceret: tum resumpta militia..."