adamavit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adamo, adamare, adamavi, adamatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fall in love/lust with; love passionately/adulterously; admire greatly; covet;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- C
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...Syracusas perduxit. Quem Dion adeo admiratus est atque adamavit, ut se ei totum traderet. Neque vero minus ipse..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...adfectus, filius matris tota iactatio est. rogo, numquid adamavit?' mihi credite, non est nefandorum ista simplicitas..." - M
XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...securi estote pro innocentia nostra, talis incidit, talis adamavit, nec habuit, quod perderet in tam inmodico ardore nisi..."