admovet
Dictionary entries
- Entry →admoveo, admovere, admovi, admotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
move up, bring up/near; lean on, conduct; draw near, approach; apply, add;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...illum turba coit, blandeque novas nil tale timenti admovet insidias: illam sequiturque premitque improbus, illam oculis iterumque iterumque..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...artus inpositaque manu vulnus fovet oraque ad ora admovet atque animae fugienti obsistere temptat; ut videt exstinctum, dictis..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Pygmalion simulati corporis ignes. saepe manus operi temptantes admovet, an sit corpus an illud ebur, nec adhuc ebur..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...taedasque et fragmina poni imperat et positis inimicos admovet ignes. tum conata quater flammis inponere ramum coepta quater..."Metamorphoses VI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vultus versa sororis inque vicem spectans ambos 'cur admovet' inquit 'alter blanditias, rapta silet altera lingua? quam vocat..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...victoriam dedit. Carthagini nunc Hannibal vineas turresque admovet: Carthaginis moenia quatit ariete. Sagunti ruinae—falsus utinam vates..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vallumque adgreditur; eodem et dictator alia parte copias admovet. Non segnior oppugnatio est quam pugna fuerat. Consulem signum..."