instruebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →instruo, instruere, instruxi, instructus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
construct, build; prepare, draw up; fit out; instruct, teach;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...structa acies coepit esse: postremi in plures ordines instruebantur [ordo sexagenos milites, duos centuriones, vexillarium unum habebat]. Prima..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...natura sit; antea malum publicum occulte, auxilia palam instruebantur et eo boni malos facile anteibant: nunc..."