eludebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →eludo, eludere, elusi, elusus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
elude, escape from; parry; baffle; cheat; frustrate; mock, make fun of;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...celeritate navium et scientia gubernatorum confisi nostros eludebant impetusque eorum excipiebant et, quoad licebat latiore uti spatio, producta..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Numidas et latrocinium tutius erat. iamque adeo licenter eludebant ut ad mare deuectam praedam uenderent mercatoribus adpellentibus naues..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...stuprum virgines matronasque, et alii . . . nunc restantes et eludebant simul nefandum in modum perverso volnere, et interdum lacerum..."