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..."- P
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..."