referebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →refero, referre, rettuli, relatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bring/carry back/again/home; move/draw/force back, withdraw; go back, return;; report (on), bring back news; record/enter; propose/open debate; assign/count;; give/pay back, render, tender; restore; redirect; revive, repeat; recall;; it matters/makes a difference/is of importance; matter/be of importance (PERS);
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...inde ~Dolabella atque hinc~ Antonius, inde sacrilegus Verres referebant nauibus altis occulta spolia et plures de pace triumphos..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat: Eurydicen toto referebant flumine ripae". Haec Proteus, et se iactu dedit aequor..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...omnia pericula et detrimenta belli accepta referebant, adeo ut verberibus exanimatum corpus securi feriretur. Ibi crebris litteris Canini..."Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...repentinos incursus humilem parvamque fecerunt. Huc se referebant; hinc, si qua maior oppresserat vis, propugnabant; hinc ad repellendum..."de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...cuius nomine peccabant, sibique quod rapuerant acceptum referebant, quod interciderat aut erat interpellatum Cassio assignabant. Quintam legionem novam..."Liber XLIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quas res ea aestate prospere gessisset rex Perseus, referebant, quantusque timor socios populi Romani cepisset tot urbibus..."Liber XXXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...peruicit ut postero die coniungeret iis se qui referebant. Qui cum plures facti referrent, omnibus fere populis haud..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...mouit quod et legati qui donum Delphos portauerant referebant et sacrificantibus ipsis Pythio Apollini omnia laeta fuisse..."