lustraverant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lustro, lustrare, lustravi, lustratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
purify cermonially (w/procession), cleanse by sacrifice, expiate;; review/inspect, look around, seek; illuminate; traverse/roam/move over/through;
pl. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fulgentibus armis decurrere rogos, ter maestum funeris ignem lustravere in equis ululatusque ore dedere. spargitur et tellus lacrimis..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...parentum. postquam omnem laeti consessum oculosque suorum lustravere in equis, signum clamore paratis Epytides longe dedit insonuitque flagello..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...postquam Aegyptum Iudaeam Syriamque et omnis provincias exercitusque lustraverant, velut expiato terrarum orbe cepisse finem videbantur: addidere alacritatem..."