incumberet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →incumbero, incumberare, incumberavi, incumberatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Bracton
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Government
encumber;
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd - Entry →incumbo, incumbere, incumbui, incumbitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
lean forward/over/on, press on; attack, apply force; fall on (one's sword);
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...totis membris premeremus, si in hoc iuuentus sobria incumberet, hoc maiores docerent, hoc minores addiscerent, uix ad fundum..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...sustinere corpora plerique nequeuntes arma sua quisque stans incumberet. PLUTARCH Sallustius says� that camels were then seen..."
