adoptares
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adopto, adoptare, adoptavi, adoptatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adopt, select, secure, pick out; wish/name for oneself; adopt legally;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vulgata Epicuri dicta, quae mihi et laudare et adoptare permisi. Vale. XIV. SENECA LUCILIO SUO SALUTEM Fateor insitam..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...piguit inquirere — sed quid prohibet et sororem adoptare? Eoden gradu venio. Tu tantum dignare et meum osculum..."