frangebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →frango, frangere, fregi, fractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...administravit. Sed exiles res animi magnitudinem, etsi non frangebant, tamen minuebant. Hunc persequens Antigonus, dum omni genere copiarum..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...natum complexa superstite bello hic moriar.' tumidas frangebant dicta cohortes, nutantesque uirum galeas et sparsa uideres fletibus arma..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...vastator Nemees; haec exitiale ferebant robur et Argoos frangebant brachia remos.' ac spatio tam magna brevi mendacia formae..."