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
Miltiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...Athenis proficiscentibus. Miltiades morandi tempus non habens cursum direxit, e quo tendebat, pervenitque Chersonesum. Ibi brevi tempore barbarum..."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..."