adoptive
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adoptivus, adoptiva, adoptivum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
adoptive, obtained by adoption; formed by grafting;
voc. sg. (m.)
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..."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..."