praedatur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praedor, praedari, praedatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
acquire loot (by robbery/war/depredation); obtain food by hunting/preying;; pillage, despoil; plunder, loot; take as prey/catch;
sg. pres. ind. 3rd - Entry →praedo, praedare, praedavi, praedatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
pillage, despoil, plunder; rob/ravish/take; acquire loot (robbery/war); catch;
sg. pres. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...bidentes uellere atque atrae boues antro trahuntur. flamma praedatur dapes uiuumque trepidat igne ferali pecus. Vocat inde manes..." - P
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...tamquam reciperaturus Armeniam, dum socios magis quam hostis praedatur, abscessu suorum et incursantibus barbaris praesidii egens ad Radamistum..."