adopter
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. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Dianae. iungunt se castris regisque in nomen adoptant Ocalee Medeonque et confertissima lucis Nisa Dionaeisque auibus circumsona Thisbe..."- G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...daturus es imperator. Superbum istud et regium, nisi adoptes eum, quem constet imperaturum fuisse, etiamsi non adoptasses. Fecit..."