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..."- 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..."