dilabebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dilabor, dilabi, dilapsus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run/flow/slip away, spread (liquids); dissolve/melt away, disperse (clouds);; fall apart/to pieces; disintegrate; break down (body), collapse/decay/perish;; flee/escape; scatter, fall into confusion; be lost; go to ruin; pass (time);
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sibi proprias simultates inritauit. uectigalia publica partim neglegentia dilabebantur, partim praedae ac diuisui et principum quibusdam et magistratibus..." - T
Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aestivorum tempus magna pars sine commeatibus ab signis dilabebantur neque aliae latebrae quam Capua desertoribus erant. Ceterum mitescente..."