obterebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obtero, obterere, obtrivi, obtritus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
crush; destroy; trample on, speak of or treat with the utmost contempt;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Timoleon
Cornelius Nepos
"...pietatem putabat et invidia laudem virtutis obterebant. Mater vero post id factum neque domum ad se filium admisit..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...elephanti enim ab rectoribus ad litus acti exeuntis obterebant elidebantque. facile conuenit ab Romanis numquam una acie tantum..."