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..."- G
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..."