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..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...solvendae religionis gratia creatus esset, bellum Hernicum adfectans dilectu acerbo iuventutem agitavit; tandemque omnibus in eum tribunis plebis..."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..."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..."