admovisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
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..."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..."
