describat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →describo, describere, descripsi, descriptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
describe/draw, mark/trace out; copy/transcribe/write; establish (law/right)
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adversario quasi deliberet, ut hominum mores sermonesque describat, ut muta quaedam loquentia inducat, ut ab eo quod agitur..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...Homerus, quot Vergilius arma hic Aeneae Achillis ille describat; brevis tamen uterque est quia facit quod instituit. Vides..."