distinebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →distineo, distinere, distinui, distentus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
keep apart, separate; prevent, hold up; distract;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IV
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...iunctura distabat, binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur; quibus disclusis atque in contrariam partem revinctis, tanta erat..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...cessere. quae facilius proveniebant, qui Parthi Hyrcano bello distinebantur. miserantque Hyrcani ad principem Romanum societatem oratum, attineri..."