vincebant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vinco, vincere, vici, victus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
conquer, defeat, excel; outlast; succeed;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ferarum missilibus saxis et magno pondere clavae. multaque vincebant, vitabant pauca latebris; saetigerisque pares subus silvestria membra nuda..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quae lingua silet! non illam mille catastae vincebant, nec quae turba Sarapin amat, nec matutini cirrata caterva magistri..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...ipsos a tergo circumvenire possent. Sed illi operibus vincebant, quod et numero militum praestabant et interiore spatio minorem..."