vincebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vinco, vincere, vici, victus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
conquer, defeat, excel; outlast; succeed;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...aliquando anteponi indigne ferebant, neque tamen non patiebantur. Vincebat enim omnes cura, vigilantia, patientia, calliditate et celeritate ingenii..."XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sunt ex ipsa iuvenis condicione consilia, sed ista vincebat, et vires amoris impedimenta perdebant, donec intellegeret hominem..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...elegisse iuvat. tenero sic blandus Achillisemifer Haemonium vincebat Pelea Chiron.nec senior Peleus natum comitatus in arma 90Troica..."