adfectator
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. fut. imp. 2ndsg. fut. imp. 3rd - 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. fut. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. imp. 3rd - Entry →adfectator, adfectatoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
aspirant, zealous seeker (of), one who strives to obtain/produce;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...disciplinast isdem munerarier ancillas primum ad dominas qui adfectant viam. CLIN. perge, obsecro te, et cave ne falsam..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...prospicio, haereo. hi gladiatorio animo ad me adfectant viam. {Ch.} at vereor ut placari possit. {De.} bono animo..." - L
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...facerent: ne promittunt quidem nec huius rei scientiam adfectant. Grammatice circa curam sermonis versatur et, si latius evagari..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Cottam dicit Cicero fecisse, imitationem antiquitatis adfectant. XI. Verum illi persuasione sua fruantur, qui hominibus ut sint oratores..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...plus tribuitur, Pacuvium videri doctiorem qui esse docti adfectant volunt. XCVIII. Iam Vari Thyestes cuilibet Graecarum comparari potest..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod non intelleguntur. Hinc enim aliqui famam eruditionis adfectant, ut quaedam soli scire videantur. XIII. Fallunt etiam verba..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipsis etiam orationibus habitus est nimius risus adfectator. Mihi quidem, sive id recte iudico sive amore inmodico praecipui..."
