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
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..."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..."