deflebat
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. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...secundum illam casulam, in qua recens cadaver matrona deflebat. "Proxima ergo nocte, cum miles, qui cruces asservabat..."
Liber Undecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...bella, ceu soror infelix pugnantum aut anxia mater, deflebat, saeuumque Iouem Parcasque nocentes uociferans, seseque polis et luce..."
