derigatur
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. pres. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nihil. Illi non praeferunt lumen per quod acies derigatur ad verum, hi oculos mihi effodiunt. Si Protagorae credo..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...horum quae nobis nocent prosuntque ad nos proprie derigatur. Non enim nos causa mundo sumus hiemem aestatemque referendi..."Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...docemus ac deinceps docebimus, ut ad ea iudicium derigatur. Praecipiam igitur ne quod effici non potest adgrediamur..."Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...ceterorum philosophorum exultat oratio, reperire exitum potest, nisi derigatur ad voluptatem, voluptas autem est sola, quae nos vocet..."