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
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..."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..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...molliter aegritudinem pati. Quam rem alii in superbiam vertebant, alii bonum ingenium contumelia accensum esse, multi quod..."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..."