referebat
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);
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...altis Hecate Perseia lucis flebat et has imo referebat pectore voces: 'deseris heu nostrum nemus aequalesque catervas..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...turbatum visura nemus fontemque petebat rursus et attonitos referebat ab Hercule vultus. hanc delapsa polo piceaeque adclinis opacae..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...rara manent exordia famae. marcidus edomito bellum referebat ab Haemo Liber; ibi armiferos geminae iam sidera brumae orgia..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...gradu totiens obstante tulisset. stabam equidem, sed me referebat concitus amnis et latae caligo fugae; ferus ille minari..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...equis redeunt pacemque reportant. Ecce autem Inachiis sese referebat ab Argis saeva Iovis coniunx aurasque invecta tenebat..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...illuc vinclorum immensa volumina versat. tum senior talis referebat pectore voces: 'quid, si quis caestus ipsius et Herculis..."Ecloga VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...coepere; alternos Musae meminisse uolebant. Hos Corydon, illos referebat in ordine Thyrsis. Corydon Nymphae, noster amor, Libethrides..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...comminantis audita est: donec exoratus, ut referebat, et in contubernium ultro invitatus super templum Divi Augusti ponte transmisso..."