occupabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →occupo, occupare, occupavi, occupatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
seize; gain; overtake; capture, occupy; attack;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...libera vina tunc fluebant nec tardum seges occupabat annum. una vescitur omnis ordo mensa, parvi, femina, plebs, eques..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...copiis fidens Achillas paucitatemque militum Caesaris despiciens occupabat Alexandriam praeter eam oppidi partem, quam Caesar cum militibus tenebat..."