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..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...Victoriae simulacrum cum machinato strepitu tonitruum coronam capiti imponebat, tum venienti ture quasi deo supplicabatur. Toga picta plerumque..."