ingruentia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ingruo, ingruere, ingrui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
advance threateningly; make an onslaught on; break in, come violently, force;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- P
Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...plurimus circa aquilas labor, quae neque ferri adversum ingruentia tela neque figi limosa humo poterant. Caecina dum sustentat..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...fatigabat. advocata contione iussa numinis, suos Ptolemaeique visus, ingruentia mala exponit: vulgus aversari regem, invidere Aegypto, sibi metuere..."