accommodat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →accommodo, accommodare, accommodavi, accommodatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adapt, adjust to, fit, suit; apply to, fasten on; apply/devote oneself to;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quia natura minimum petit, naturae autem se sapiens accommodat. Sed si necessitates ultimae inciderint, iamdudum exibit e vita..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...numquam sola gestum recte facit: dextrae se frequenter accommodat, sive in digitos argumenta digerimus sive aversis in sinistrum..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipsis sensibus tum gratiam tum etiam vires accommodat. Ex quibus primum sit quod fit adiectione. Plura sunt genera..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...maximus est orationis ornatus, verba non suis rebus accommodat. Quare proprietas non ad nomen sed ad vim significandi..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...purpureo vivaque nitentia lympha membra novat seque horrificis accommodat actis. tempora tum vittis et supplice castus oliva implicat..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...viam!' pariter praecepta volandi tradit et ignotas umeris accommodat alas. inter opus monitusque genae maduere seniles, et patriae..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...mater aves. Inde sibi factas umeris accommodat alas, Perque novum timide corpora librat iter. Iamque volaturus parvo dedit..."