dolate
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dolo, dolare, dolavi, dolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hew/chop into shape, fashion/devise; inflict blows, batter/cudgel soundly, drub;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pueros tribas Philaenis et tentigine saeuior mariti undenas dolat in die puellas. Harpasto quoque subligata ludit et flauescit..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...unus ac mulae nautaeque caput lumbosque saligno fuste dolat: quarta vix demum exponimur hora. ora manusque tua lavimus..."