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
- G
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..." - T
Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uirtutis causa donati. Ad regem spolia caesorum hostium referebantur. [dona] ex his aliis arma insignia, aliis equos, quibusdam..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...fastidium aberat, quia pro periculo, non in gloriam referebantur. Tribuni uetera luxuriae crimina Syracusanorum hibernorum et Locris Pleminianum..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...praesenti deae numine saepe comperta nobis maioribusque nostris referebantur, ausi sunt nihilominus sacrilegas admouere manus intactis illis thesauris..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...portarum clavis adulterinas paret — nam verae ad Hiempsalem referebantur — ceterum, ubi res postularet, se ipsum cum magna manu..."