deprimebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deprimo, deprimere, depressi, depressus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
suppress/repress/depress/silence, force//weigh/keep down, disparage; sink;; humble, reduce position/fortune/value; lower pitch (sound)/brightness (color);
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...simul et incerto onere, cum pavor corpora agitaverat, deprimebantur." XXVII. Historia de populo Romano deque populo Poenico, quod..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...simul et incerto onere, cum pavor corpora agitaverat, deprimebantur. Cum Sertorius neque erumpere tam levi copia navibus. More..."