dirigent
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);
pl. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...sedit alta rupe semifero dolos Sphinx ore nectens: dirige huc gressus pedum, Hic siste patrem: dira ne sedes..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...velo. Perge modo, et, qua te ducit via, dirige gressum.' Dixit, et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, ambrosiaeque comae..."