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vexare

vexare is a Latin form of vexo, meaning “harass, trouble, ravage; shake, toss”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 26 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 141: … ferro rem publicam reciperavit ut ad libidinem suam liberti servolique nobilium bona fortunas arasque nostras vexare possent?

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 2.6.5: … videtur, quod est vehere, in quo inest vis iam quaedam alieni arbitrii; non enim sui potens est, qui vehitur. Vexare autem, quod ex eo inclinatum est, vi atque motu procul dubio vastiorest. Nam qui fertur et rapsatur atque huc …

All forms of vexo (conjugation 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.