derexit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →derigo, derigere, derexi, derectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
direct, steer, guide, align, point; set in order, form up; straighten, level;; arrange/set in line/direction; align; set in order; form up, fall in (army);; mark/fix (boundary); demarcate; straighten (out); level; square (up);; point; direct (word/attention); bring proceedings; end word w/inflection;; direct (course/steps), turn/steer/guide; propel/direct (missiles/blows);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pronus erat. Nilum non extulit aestas,Maeander derexit aquas, Rhodanumque morantem 475praecipitauit Arar. summisso uertice montesexplicuere iugum, nubes..."Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uere locuturi fatum pendebat amici? ille igitur numquam derexit bracchia contra torrentem, nec ciuis erat qui libera posset..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...tardis ad divina; deinde vitae legem, quam universa derexit, nec nosse tantum sed sequi deos docuit et accidentia..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...scopulo dispansam dexterae manus palmam, sagittas tanta arte derexit, ut omnes per intervalla digitorum innocue evaderent. XX. Liberalia..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...heros impetit, et librans uni sibi missile telum derexit iactus summae qua margine parmae ima sedet galea..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ipse etiam eximiae laudis succensus amore Ascanius curvo derexit spicula cornu; nec dextrae erranti deus afuit, actaque multo..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...colla iugo candentia pressos exhortatus equos currum derexit in hostem concutiensque suis vibrantia tela lacertis 'quisquis..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...quaque est via proxima leto, summa ferus geminos derexit ad inguina dentes. concidit Ancaeus glomerataque sanguine multo viscera..."
