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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...victoriam dedit. Carthagini nunc Hannibal vineas turresque admovet: Carthaginis moenia quatit ariete. Sagunti ruinae—falsus utinam vates..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...vallumque adgreditur; eodem et dictator alia parte copias admovet. Non segnior oppugnatio est quam pugna fuerat. Consulem signum..."