admovissent
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;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...magis quam proderit arma in conspectu posuisse propiusque admovisse nisi usurae manus expediuntur. Ut ad praecepta quae damus..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...speravit? si venenum homini dedisset, diceret ipsum labiis admovisse pocula; si percussorem posuisset in saltu, ipsum in insidias..."