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
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..."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..."