adfectans
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfecto, adfectare, adfectavi, adfectatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
aim at, desire, aspire, try, lay claim to; try to control; feign, pretend;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...hastam expulit, ac uanos alte leuat eminus ictus, adfectans errare manum. stetit illa Dymantis ante oculos, qui forte..."- T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...solvendae religionis gratia creatus esset, bellum Hernicum adfectans dilectu acerbo iuventutem agitavit; tandemque omnibus in eum tribunis plebis..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ceterum Arminius abscedentibus Romanis et pulso Maroboduo regnum adfectans libertatem popularium adversam habuit, petitusque armis cum varia fortuna..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...militum, ceteris per militiae munera dispersis, secretum castrorum adfectans in principia vocat. ibi Vespasiani virtutem virisque partium extollit..."