sternebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sterno, sternere, stravi, stratus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
spread, strew, scatter; lay out;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...immitis aduncaora verenda manu. quinta vix Phosphoros orarorantem sternebat equum: iam litora duri 80saeva, Philete, senis durumque Acheronta..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...viros dederat, iam curru instabat Achilles totaque Peliacae sternebat cuspidis ictu agmina perque acies aut Cycnum aut Hectora..."