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
- T
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..."- G
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..."