adoptaret
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. 3rd
Examples
- G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...quasi parum reprehenderetur, quod adulto iam filio priuignum adoptaret, identidem divulgavit neminem umquam per adoptionem familiae Claudiae insertum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...illud imperium; Nerva tantum minister fuit: teque qui adoptaret, tam paruit, quam tu, qui adoptabaris. Allata erat..."