solvebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →solvo, solvere, solvi, solutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
loosen, release, unbind, untie, free; open; set sail; scatter; pay off/back;
pl. imperf. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...legionibus, ex quibus aetate aut valetudine fessi sacramento solvebantur. cladem Lugdunensem quadragies sestertio solatus est princeps, ut amissa..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...valetudine detentus, ubi recreatum accepit votaque pro incolumitate solvebantur, admotas hostias, sacrificalem apparatum, festam Antiochensium plebem per lictores..."