descendebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →descendo, descendere, descendi, descensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
descend, climb/march/come/go/flow/run/hang down; dismount; penetrate/sink;; stoop; demean; drop/become lower (pitch); be reduced; trace descent/come down;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...protinus alae hostilem fluuium; forte et trepidantibus ingens descendebat agris, animos siue imbrifer arcus, seu montana dedit nubes..."Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Hannibal inde euadere cupiens totis uiribus in aciem descendebat. tum consul ingenio hostis usus, quo minus..."