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
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..."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..."