adfectantibus
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. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...possunt ad alterum nisi alteri erepta transferri, eadem adfectantibus pugnas et iurgia excitant. XXXV. 1. Respondisse tibi seruum..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...certe, si digressi fuerimus, saltem respiciamus, ne plausum adfectantibus arma excidant. XXVII. Theodori schola, ut dixi, omnia refert..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanis esse, et aut imperium adimendum orbem terrarum adfectantibus, aut ipsi regnum amittendum. unus uera et prouidere..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Aetolorum, quibus socii Lacedaemonii erant, amicitiam adfectantibus Romanis. ad conloquium de redemptione eius missis medius maxime atque utrisque..."