adfectavit
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. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...ludicrae tantum imperatoris artes notescerent, carminum quoque studium adfectavit, contractis quibus aliqua pangendi facultas necdum insignis aestimatio..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...theatro ut spectator, in circo ut fautor adfectavit: quae grata sane et popularia, si a virtutibus proficiscerentur, memoria..."