inferebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →infero, inferre, intuli, illatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bring/carry in, import; advance, bring/march/step/move foward; impel, urge;; inflict/cause/inflict/impose/inspire (w/DAT); [bellum inferre => make war on];; put/throw/thrust in/on, insert; bury/inter; pay; charge as expense; append;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...eruptiones fiebant ex oppido ignesque aggeri et turribus inferebantur; quae facile nostri milites repellebant magnisque ultro illatis detrimentis..."Liber XXXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanorum, quia medium obsederat iter, plurimi in eam inferebantur. eo quoque superiores Macedones erant, quod et rex ipse..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...patruus attineri viderentur. Dies quo reliquiae tumulo Augusti inferebantur modo per silentium vastus, modo ploratibus inquies; plena urbis..."