descenderent
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;
pl. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...segetum raptus moturus signa repenteconspicit in planos hostem descendere campos,oblatumque uidet uotis sibi mille petitumtempus, in extremos..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...caeca sorte pararent,solus in ancipites metuit descendere MartisAppius euentus, finemque expromere rerumsollicitat superos multosque obducta per annosDelphica..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tolli feralia uiderat arma, intonsos rigidam in frontem descendere canos 375passus erat maestamque genis increscere barbam: uni quippe..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...tantis cladibus auctor 30Poenus erit: nulli penitus descendere ferrocontigit; alta sedent ciuilis uolnera dextrae. quod si non aliam..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...pater proconsul obviam in equo vehens venit neque descendere voluit, quod pater erat, et, quod inter eos sciebant..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...montibus altis crescat, ubi in campos albas descendere ningues tabificis subigit radiis sol omnia lustrans. Nunc age, Averna..."Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...oblectant animum iactata petauro corpora quique solet rectum descendere funem quam tu, Corycia semper qui puppe moraris atque..."Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...donat sua tempora Librae aut Astraea iubet lentos descendere Pisces. par Geminis Chiron, et idem, quod Carcinos ardens..."