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
Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sibi proprias simultates inritauit. uectigalia publica partim neglegentia dilabebantur, partim praedae ac diuisui et principum quibusdam et magistratibus..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aestivorum tempus magna pars sine commeatibus ab signis dilabebantur neque aliae latebrae quam Capua desertoribus erant. Ceterum mitescente..."