vertebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →verto, vertere, verti, versus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
turn, turn around; change, alter; overthrow, destroy;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...terrore Aegyptus et Indi, omnis Arabs, omnes vertebant terga Sabaei. ipsa videbatur ventis regina vocatis vela dare..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...coniecissent, amplius duum milium numero ad unum terga vertebant ac rursus ad aciem passim conversis equis se colligebant..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...molliter aegritudinem pati. Quam rem alii in superbiam vertebant, alii bonum ingenium contumelia accensum esse, multi quod..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...avia Armeniae incursavit. ita consilia Tiridati in contrarium vertebant, mittebatque oratores, qui suo Parthorumque nomine expostularent, cur datis..."