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
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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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Romanis esse, et aut imperium adimendum orbem terrarum adfectantibus, aut ipsi regnum amittendum. unus uera et prouidere..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Aetolorum, quibus socii Lacedaemonii erant, amicitiam adfectantibus Romanis. ad conloquium de redemptione eius missis medius maxime atque utrisque..."