degravat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →degravo, degravare, -, degravatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
weigh/press/drag down; rest heavily on; overpower, overwhelm; burden;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vidi quassum, aetati obluctantem. Sed iam plus illum degravat quam quod possit attolli; magno senectus et universo pondere..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...subiecta Peloro, laeva, Pachyne, tibi, Lilybaeo crura premuntur, degravat Aetna caput, sub qua resupinus harenas eiectat flammamque ferox..."