direxit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dirigo, dirigere, direxi, directus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
arrange/set in line/direction; align; set in order; form up, fall in (army);; mark/fix (boundary); demarcate; straighten (out); level; square (up);; point; direct (word/attention); bring proceedings; end word w/inflection;; direct (course/steps), turn/steer/guide; propel/direct (missiles/blows);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- C
Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...Athenis proficiscentibus. Miltiades morandi tempus non habens cursum direxit, e quo tendebat, pervenitque Chersonesum. Ibi brevi tempore barbarum..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...itaque pertinet qui in ea direxit animum. Ceterum fiunt et illa quae pereunt. [32,7] Quinque stellarum potestates..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...remeavit Apollo.' dixit et ingenti flammantem nubila sulco direxit per inane facem, quae puppe propinqua in bifidum discessit..."