adfinium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfinis, adfinis, adfine:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
neighboring, adjacent, next, bordering; related (marriage), akin, connected;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →adfinis, adfinis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
relation (by marriage); neighbor; accomplice;
gen. pl.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aliquantum apscessero: est lubido orationem audire duorum adfinium. III.ii LYSITELES Sta ilico, noli avorsari neque te occultassis mihi..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...temptata sunt: fatigatae adlocutiones amicorum, auctoritates magnorum et adfinium tibi uirorum; studia, hereditarium et paternum bonum, surdas aures..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...fidem ex eo trahebant quod unus omnium Seiani adfinium incolumis multaque gratia mansit, reputante Tiberio publicum sibi odium..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Germaniae deos, matrem precum sociam; ne propinquorum et adfinium, denique gentis suae desertor et proditor quam imperator esse..."Germania
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...fratres, patrui, avunculi. Quanto plus propinquorum, quanto maior adfinium numerus, tanto gratiosior senectus; nec ulla orbitatis pretia. Suscipere..."