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
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..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostes pugnam detractabant; praedatumque ubi nemo obuiam exiret discurrebant Romani, Boi diripi sua impune quam tuendo ea conserere..."
