scibant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scio, scire, scivi(ii), scitus:
Verb · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
know, understand;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nota vagis silvestria templa tenebant nympharum, quibus e scibant umore fluenta lubrica proluvie larga lavere umida saxa, umida..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...saturasset amorem, posset ut abrupto vivere coniugio, quod scibant Parcae non longo tempore abesse, si miles muros isset..."