adfectaret
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;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Veterem, ne legiones alienae provinciae inferret studiaque Galliarum adfectaret, formidolosum id imperatori dictitans, quo plerumque prohibentur conatus honesti..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...feminam ferox, terruit ne periculo principis famam clementiae adfectaret. Sabinus suopte ingenio mitis, ubi formido incessisset, facilis mutatu..."