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dirigere

Dictionary entries

  • 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);

    Entry →
    sg. pres. pass. imp. 2nd
    sg. fut. pass. ind. 2nd
    sg. pres. pass. ind. 2nd
    pres. act. infin.

Examples

  • C

    Chabrias

    Cornelius Nepos

    "...primus studet portum intrare gubernatoremque iubet eo dirigere navem, ipse sibi perniciei fuit. Cum enim eo penetrasset, ceterae..."
  • G

    Divus Claudius

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...Alexandrini Phari, ut ad nocturnos ignes cursum navigia dirigerent. Congiaria populo saepius distribuit. Spectacula quoque complura et magnifica..."
  • M

    Liber Quintus

    Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus

    "...primum est, ut intellegamus omne animal se ipsum dirigere. Quod quamquam dubitationem non habet—est enim in fixum..."
  • G

    Liber III

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...sive ad litora Apolloniatium [sive ad Labeatium] cursum dirigere atque eo naves eicere possent. Haec a custodiis classium..."
  • T

    Liber XXII

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...fuit, tum salutare praecipue futurum erat cum aciem dirigerent, ipsi auersi terga tantum adflante uento in occaecatum puluere..."

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