adhaerescerer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adhaeresco, adhaerescere, adhaesi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cling to, adhere, stick (in trouble); become lodged in (weapons); run aground;
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Quintus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...profitebantur, ut homines ad earum saxa discendi cupiditate adhaerescerent. ita enim invitant Ulixem—nam verti, ut quaedam Homeri..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...furtim sed multo comitatu ventitare domum, egressibus adhaerescere, largiri opes honores; postremo, velut translata iam fortuna, servi liberti..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...repetundarum aliqui arguerentur plura uxoribus obiectari: his statim adhaerescere deterrimum quemque provincialium, ab his negotia suscipi, transigi; duorum..."