adfectet
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. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...definitis "an parricidium commiserit Roscius", "an regnum adfectet Manlius", "an recte Verrem sit accusaturus Q. Caecilius". In iudiciis..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...indignari mirarive posset, sed tertius Romae peregrinus regnum adfectet; et Tatium non ex peregrino solum sed etiam..."
