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..."- T
Liber XXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Hannibal inde euadere cupiens totis uiribus in aciem descendebat. tum consul ingenio hostis usus, quo minus..."