adpetenter:
Adverb · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greedily, avidly;
Inflections
positive
adpetenter
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...ruinae modo legionibus incidunt, incompositi interriti incauti, pericula adpetentes sua; gaudent feriri et instare ferro et tela corpore..."de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...ceterum non minus uagi incertique, uoluptatium sine dilectu adpetentes, trepidi et non ingenio sed formidine quieti..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...etiam Stoicorum adrogantia sectaque, quae turbidos et negotiorum adpetentes faciat. nec ultra mora. Sulla sexto die pervectis Massiliam..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...admodum pauci: ceteros, deiecto promptissimo quoque aut saucio, adpetente iam luce trusere in summa castelli ubi tandem coacta..."