degraves
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. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inter quae eminuere labuntur, et illos degravant ipsa quae extulerant. Ideo adhibebitur prudentia, quae modum illis ac parsimoniam..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...etiam peritos nandi lassitudo et volnera et pavor degravant; pauci ex multis tranant. Alterum agmen fertur per castra..."