lacessebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lacesso, lacessere, lacessivi, lacessitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
provoke, excite, harass, challenge, harass; attack, assail;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ferocia superbae suopte ingenio genti creuit multisque proeliis lacessebant Romanos; sed intentiores ad cauendum consules una pugna fecerat..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...peditem imbellem, equitatu plus poterant; itaque equestribus proeliis lacessebant hostem. Inter multos nobiles equites Campanos Cerrinus Vibellius erat..."