adpetenter:
Adverb · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
greedily, avidly;
Inflections
positive
adpetenter
Examples
- L
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..." - L
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."