vescebantur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vescor, vesci, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
feed on, eat, enjoy (with ABL);
pl. imperf. ind. 3rd
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...tolerabatur, quia Numidae plerumque lacte et ferina carne vescebantur et neque salem neque alia irritamenta gulae quaerebant: cibus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ipsi materiem cur amicitiae constantiaeque Seiani magis fideret. vescebantur in villa cui vocabulum Speluncae mare Amunclanum inter..."