vallem

vallem is a Latin form of valles, meaning “valley”.

It can also be a form of vallo, “fortify with a rampart; (vallum) rampart”. It is the 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.2.4: tum etiam, quod propter iniquitatem loci, cum ipsi ex montibus in vallem decurrerent et tela coicerent, ne primum quidem impetum suum posse sustineri existimabant.

Livy, Ab urbe condita 7.34.3: dum id morae Samnitibus est quoad totum in uallem infimam demitteret agmen, P. Decius tribunus militum conspicit unum editum in saltu collem, imminentem hostium castris, aditu arduum impedito agmini, expeditis haud difficilem.

Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.38.3.7: … s sub ipsis Alpium radicibus adsecutus in loco quem Aquas Sextias vocant quo—fidem numinum—proelio oppressit! Vallem fluviumque medium hostes tenebant, nostris aquarum nulla copia.

All forms of valles (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.