adfectare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfector, adfectari, adfectatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
aim at, desire, aspire, try, lay claim to; try to control; feign, pretend;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd - 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;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...curare cutem, summi constantia ciuis Bebriaci campis solium adfectare Palati et pressum in faciem digitis extendere panem, quod..." - L
de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...beneficus ac largus et in melius potens? Hoc adfectare, hoc imitari decet, maximum ita haberi, ut optimus simul..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Oratorem praeterea ut dicere urbane volo, ita videri adfectare id plane nolo. Quapropter ne dicet quidem salse quotiens..." - M
XVIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...servulis libertisque vitabunt, et maximi sceleris ardor captabit adfectare gravitatem. elige, parricida, quod voles: incestum diligens suspectum..." - G
Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...laeua cornici omina;omnesque propriis sunt contentae dotibus.Noli adfectare quod tibi non est datum,delusa ne spes..." - P
Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...vocis vestigia torsit. verum ubi nulla datur dextra adfectare potestas nec potis Ionios fluctus aequare sequendo, clamorem immensum..." - T
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...palam atque aperte petitum regnum clam et dolo adfectare conatus sit, et ne beneficio quidem atque honore potuerit..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suspicio etiam cum atroci crimine orta. Regnum eum adfectare fama ferebat, quia nec collegam subrogaverat in locum Bruti..."
