adfectante
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;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
- M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...naturam sequi ducem velit. Sed plerique eloquentiae famam adfectantes contenti sunt locis speciosis modo vel nihil ad probationem..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...cernebant adversarios non, id quod olim vix speraverint, adfectantes magnos honores sed omnia iam in quorum spem dubiam..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...illi—etenim extremum anni iam erat,—quartum adfectantes tribunatum, in comitiorum disceptationem ab lege certamen averterant..."