insurgebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →insurgo, insurgere, insurrexi, insurrectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
rise up; rise up against;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...bestiae saepe inmanes cantu flectuntur atque consistunt" magis insurgebat si verteretur: nam plus est saxa quam bestias commoveri..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...prominentia montium resistunt, inaequaliter sinuatur. pone tergum insurgebat silva editis in altum ramis et pura humo inter arborum..."