deflebam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defleo, deflere, deflevi, defletus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weep (abundantly) for; mourn loss of; express/feel sorrow about; lament/bewail;; cry bitterly; give oneself up to tears; weep much/violently/to exhaustion (L+S);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...cogitationum. En homo quemadmodum natat!" Adhuc tanquam ignotum deflebam, cum inviolatum os; fluctus convertit in terram, agnovique terribilem..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ense. a miserae matres! hunc te noctesque diesque deflebam? si uerba tamen monitusque tuorum dignaris, dum castra silent..."
