opposuissent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →oppono, opponere, opposui, oppositus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
oppose; place opposite;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...vultus texisse suos, non denique possunt Partibus obscenis opposuisse manus. Hic aliquis ridens 'in me, fortissime Mavors..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...duces~ duos imperatores hinc consilium suum hinc corpus opposuisse. nomen Neronis satis fuisse ad continendum castris Hannibalem; Hasdrubalem..."Liber V
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...arma trusos; illum domesticis malis excidium gentis opposuisse. Tunc infensos Batavis deos, cum obsiderentur legiones, interficerentur legati, bellum..."