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
- G
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..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Numidas et latrocinium tutius erat. iamque adeo licenter eludebant ut ad mare deuectam praedam uenderent mercatoribus adpellentibus naues..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...stuprum virgines matronasque, et alii . . . nunc restantes et eludebant simul nefandum in modum perverso volnere, et interdum lacerum..."