nutabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nuto, nutare, nutavi, nutatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
waver, give way;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...tristis attremit oranti, suaque et quae desuper urguet nutabat tellus: non fortius aethera uultu torquet et astriferos inclinat..."Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...admovere Baias. Hic quondam piger axe vectus uno nutabat cruce pendula viator sorbebatque rotas maligna tellus, et plebs..."- P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...saevo adhuc mari committit: quippe tanto discrimine urbs nutabat ut decem haud amplius dierum frumentum in horreis fuerit..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Festus legatus studia provincialium cum fide iuvit; mox nutabat, palam epistulis edictisque Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens..."