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
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..."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..."