adfatibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfatus, adfatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
address, speech, converse with; pronouncement, utterance (of);
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
XV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...huius graminis vires, vinculis nexibusque tenuissent. quid? blandis adfatibus inpotentissimum eludis adfectum? datum est remedium dolori, qui saepe..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...quae funera plangant quidue petant; uariis nec non adfatibus ipsae Ogygias leges inmansuetumque Creonta multum et ubique fremunt..."