destinabantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →destino, destinare, destinavi, destinatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fix/bind/fasten down; fix (in mind), make up mind; aim/fix on target, mark out;; determine/intend; settle on, arrange; design; send, address, dedicate (Bee);
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...unus nouus candidatus erat. opinione hominum haud dubie destinabantur Q. Fabius Labeo et L. Porcius Licinus. sed Claudius..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ducentos viginti quinque, qui omnium consensu destinabantur et infandae colonorum caedis et defectionis auctores, vinctos Romam deducunt; ceteram..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...negotiis obversantur. quippe fama spe veneratione potius omnes destinabantur imperio quam quem futurum principem fortuna in occulto tenebat..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Vinio vidua filia, caelebs Otho, gener ac socer destinabantur. credo et rei publicae curam subisse, frustra a Nerone..."