depugner
Dictionary entries
- Entry →depugno, depugnare, depugnavi, depugnatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
fight hard/it out, do battle; fight against and kill (in arena); stop fighting;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...miscent, tollunt clamorem, quasi si iugulentur ibidem. multi depugnant gemitusque doloribus edunt et quasi pantherae morsu saevive leonis..."de Brevitate Vitae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...memorabile putauit spectaculi genus nouo more perdere homines. Depugnant? Parum est. Lancinantur? Parum est: ingenti mole animalium exterantur..."de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...subito existunt, non ut in campo comminus depugnent +. Caesar interim in Sardiniam nuntios cum litteris et in reliquas..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vestris commodis adversus tam crudeles superbosque adversarios depugnant? Incipite deinde mirari cur pauci iam vestram suscipiant causam. Quid..."