placabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →placo, placare, placavi, placatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
appease; placate; reconcile;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...dederant, quod terra crearat sponte sua, satis id placabat pectora donum. glandiferas inter curabant corpora quercus plerumque..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...coetus, cunctisque silentibus heros uina solo fundens cinerem placabat Adrastus Archemori: 'da, parue, tuum trieteride multa instaurare diem..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dies aderat, qua Cycni victor Achilles Pallada mactatae placabat sanguine vaccae; cuius ut inposuit prosecta calentibus aris..."