imponebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →impono, imponere, imposui, impositus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
impose, put upon; establish; inflict; assign/place in command; set;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...caecitas illum senem, cuius oscula, cuius amplexum imponebat vulneribus oculorum, cui praestabat caecus, ut viveret. misera ignorantia, misera..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Victoriae simulacrum cum machinato strepitu tonitruum coronam capiti imponebat, tum venienti ture quasi deo supplicabatur. Toga picta plerumque..."