discurrebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →discurro, discurrere, discucurri, discursus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
run off in different directions; run/dash around/about; wander; roam;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...rediens, stans in limine cubiculi sui animo quo discurrebant videntes. ut deinde ferrum iuvenis inquireretur, exegit eadem utique..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostes pugnam detractabant; praedatumque ubi nemo obuiam exiret discurrebant Romani, Boi diripi sua impune quam tuendo ea conserere..."