referebantur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber I
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...subissent, virtute possent. Haec eodem tempore Caesari mandata referebantur et legati ab Haeduis et a Treveris veniebant: Haedui..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uirtutis causa donati. Ad regem spolia caesorum hostium referebantur. [dona] ex his aliis arma insignia, aliis equos, quibusdam..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fastidium aberat, quia pro periculo, non in gloriam referebantur. Tribuni uetera luxuriae crimina Syracusanorum hibernorum et Locris Pleminianum..."Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praesenti deae numine saepe comperta nobis maioribusque nostris referebantur, ausi sunt nihilominus sacrilegas admouere manus intactis illis thesauris..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...portarum clavis adulterinas paret — nam verae ad Hiempsalem referebantur — ceterum, ubi res postularet, se ipsum cum magna manu..."