edebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →edo, edere, edi, esus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uelitum ordines cum multis suis uolneribus ingentem stragem edebant. resilientes enim ad manipulos uelites cum uiam elephantis..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inter se, cedentibus extremis ab aqua, trepidationis aliquantum edebant donec quietem ipse timor circumspectantibus aquam fecisset. Excidere etiam..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...segnior pugna esset. Castigati fortium statim virorum opera edebant tantumque hos pudor quantum alios laudes excitabant. Redintegrato clamore..."