grassatae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →grassor, grassari, grassatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
march on, advance; roam in search of victims, prowl; proceed; run riot;
dat. sg. perf. part.gen. sg. perf. part.nom. pl. perf. part.voc. pl. perf. part.
Examples
XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...debilitate vit[i]a, ignibus, vulneribus interdum profutura grassata sunt, et quae fuissent mala sanitatis, in gratiam remediorum..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...armenta, atque ausae circum mugire iuuencae; quippe nihil grassata fames: manus obuia pascit, exceptantque cibos fusoque horrenda supinant..."