praevalebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praevaleo, praevalere, praevalui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
prevail; have superior power/force/weight/influence/worth/efficacy (medicine);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...viam intrat nulla cuiusquam misericordia quia flagitiorum deformitas praevalebat. Trepidabatur nihilo minus a Caesare: quippe Getae praetorii praefecto..."Liber VI
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...suspensam dubiamque noctem spe ac metu exegimus. Metus praevalebat; nam et tremor terrae perseverabat, et plerique lymphati terrificis..."